The Poetical Works ...: With the Life of the AuthorB. Johnson, J. Johnson and R. Johnson, 1805 - 132 sivua |
Kirjan sisältä
Tulokset 1 - 5 kokonaismäärästä 23
Sivu 3
... merits and demerits , personal and literary , of a man so emi- nently distinguished in the departments of biography and criticism as Johnson , should attract the notice and call forth the exertions of numerous writers ; it is not to be ...
... merits and demerits , personal and literary , of a man so emi- nently distinguished in the departments of biography and criticism as Johnson , should attract the notice and call forth the exertions of numerous writers ; it is not to be ...
Sivu 10
... merit , and thought it creditable to be concerned in it . Dodsley gave him ten pounds for the copy . It is remarkable that it came out the same morning with Pope's Sa- tire entitled ' One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight . ' Pope ...
... merit , and thought it creditable to be concerned in it . Dodsley gave him ten pounds for the copy . It is remarkable that it came out the same morning with Pope's Sa- tire entitled ' One Thousand Seven Hundred and Thirty Eight . ' Pope ...
Sivu 12
... that attacks him sometimes , so as to make him a sad spectacle . Mr. P. from the merit of this work , which was all the knowledge he had of him , endea- voured to serve him without his own application , and 12 LIFE OF.
... that attacks him sometimes , so as to make him a sad spectacle . Mr. P. from the merit of this work , which was all the knowledge he had of him , endea- voured to serve him without his own application , and 12 LIFE OF.
Sivu 18
... merit in the extensiveness of its sale , ten numerous editions of it having been printed in Lon- don , before his death , besides those in Ireland and Scotland . Sir John Hawkins relates that in the spring of 1751 , he indulged himself ...
... merit in the extensiveness of its sale , ten numerous editions of it having been printed in Lon- don , before his death , besides those in Ireland and Scotland . Sir John Hawkins relates that in the spring of 1751 , he indulged himself ...
Sivu 30
... he did as a commentator has no small share of merit . He has enriched his edition with a concise account of each play , and of its characteristic excellence . In the sagacity of his emendatory criti- cisms 30 LIFE OF.
... he did as a commentator has no small share of merit . He has enriched his edition with a concise account of each play , and of its characteristic excellence . In the sagacity of his emendatory criti- cisms 30 LIFE OF.
Yleiset termit ja lausekkeet
ANTISTROPHE bard beauty Behold bless bosom breast breathe charms Circassia Collins death delight e'en ECLOGUE English language ev'ry eyes fair fame fate fear fire fix'd flowers foes Garrick genius Gentleman's Magazine gold golden reign grace grief grove happy hear heart heaven honour hope hour Johnson Juvenal kings language light literary live Lord Lord Chesterfield lov'd lover lyre maid maze of fate merit Metastasio mind mirth moral mournful Murphy muse myrtle nature nature's night numbers Nymph o'er passions peaceful Pity plain pleasure poem poet poetical pow'r praise pride rage Rambler Rasselas reign Rio verde rise Samuel Johnson SATIRE OF JUVENAL scarce scenes scorn shade shews shine sighs sing Sir John Hawkins skies smile soft sooth soul spreads Spring Stella sweet thee thine thou thought Thrale toil truth vale verse virtue virtue's voice wealth wild wise writings youth
Suositut otteet
Sivu 22 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Sivu 21 - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Sivu 67 - twas wild. But thou, O Hope, with eyes so fair, What was thy delighted measure? Still it whispered promised pleasure, And bade the lovely scenes at distance hail ! Still would her touch the strain prolong; And from the rocks, the woods, the vale, She called on Echo still, through all the song : And, where her sweetest theme she chose, A soft responsive voice was heard at every close, And Hope enchanted smiled, and waved her golden hair.
Sivu 19 - To fair Fidele's grassy tomb Soft maids and village hinds shall bring ' Each opening sweet, of earliest bloom, And rifle all the breathing Spring. No wailing ghost shall dare appear To vex with shrieks this quiet grove ; But shepherd lads assemble here, And melting virgins own their love. No...
Sivu 69 - Tis said, and I believe the tale, Thy humblest reed could more prevail Had more of strength, diviner rage, Than all which charms this laggard age...
Sivu 58 - With every wild absurdity comply, And view each object with another's eye ; To shake with laughter ere the jest they hear, To pour at will the counterfeited tear ; And, as their patron hints the cold or heat, To shake in dogdays, in December sweat. How, when competitors like these contend, Can surly Virtue hope to fix a friend...
Sivu 58 - If aught of oaten stop, or pastoral song, May hope, chaste eve, to soothe thy modest ear. Like thy own solemn springs, Thy springs, and dying gales...
Sivu 80 - Ah ! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Sivu 99 - The busy day, the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Sivu 68 - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For why did Wolsey near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th