The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Buckland ... [and 39 others], 1787 - 602 sivua |
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... such as by their counfels and by their knowledge of learning were meet for the people , —and were wife and eloquent in their in- ftructions , and fuch as recited verses in writing . ' In each of these faculties did the perfon , whose ...
... such as by their counfels and by their knowledge of learning were meet for the people , —and were wife and eloquent in their in- ftructions , and fuch as recited verses in writing . ' In each of these faculties did the perfon , whose ...
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... such pieces as for their brevity required fome vehicle to convey them to pofterity , it has been the practice of foreign countries , in their memoirs , and of universities and academies , in their acts and tranfactions , to give . The ...
... such pieces as for their brevity required fome vehicle to convey them to pofterity , it has been the practice of foreign countries , in their memoirs , and of universities and academies , in their acts and tranfactions , to give . The ...
Sivu 30
... The original inventor thereof was one Mr. Dockwra , a citi- zen of such eminence , that he flood for the office of Chamberlain , against Sir Wm . Fazakerley . the the fpeeches in both houses , on the debate on 30 OF THE LIFE.
... The original inventor thereof was one Mr. Dockwra , a citi- zen of such eminence , that he flood for the office of Chamberlain , against Sir Wm . Fazakerley . the the fpeeches in both houses , on the debate on 30 OF THE LIFE.
Sivu 35
... Such was his amplitude of learning , and fuch his copiousness of communication , that it may be < doubted whether a day now paffes , in which I have not fome advantage from his friendship . At this man's table I enjoyed many chearful ...
... Such was his amplitude of learning , and fuch his copiousness of communication , that it may be < doubted whether a day now paffes , in which I have not fome advantage from his friendship . At this man's table I enjoyed many chearful ...
Sivu 51
... Such a man would not have been fuffered ' to perish in these times . ' It seems by the event of this first expedition , that Johnson came to London for little elfe than to look about him : it afforded him no opportunity of forming ...
... Such a man would not have been fuffered ' to perish in these times . ' It seems by the event of this first expedition , that Johnson came to London for little elfe than to look about him : it afforded him no opportunity of forming ...
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Sivu 550 - 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 throbs of fiery pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Sivu 484 - I was born in the eighth climate, but seem to be framed and constellated unto all. I am no plant that will not prosper out of a garden. All places, all airs, make unto me one country ; I am in England everywhere, and under any meridian.
Sivu 198 - For we that live to please, must please to live. Then prompt no more the follies you decry, As tyrants doom their tools of guilt to die...
Sivu 289 - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Sivu 360 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Sivu 342 - Have put their whole drama and epick to flight ; In satires, epistles, and odes, would they cope, Their numbers retreat before Dryden and Pope ; And Johnson, well arm'd like a hero of yore, Has beat forty French *, and will beat forty more...
Sivu 62 - ... but, unfortunately, he is not capable of receiving their bounty, which would make him happy for life...
Sivu 126 - Excursions of fancy, and flights of oratory, are indeed, pardonable in young men, but in no other; and it would surely contribute more, even to the purpose for which some gentlemen appear to speak, (that of depreciating the conduct of the...
Sivu 347 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Sivu 492 - That our ancestors, who first settled these colonies, were at the time of their emigration from the mother country, entitled to all the rights, liberties, and immunities of free and natural-born subjects, within the realm of England.