The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland, 1787 |
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Sivu 6
... looked on him as their head and leader , and readily acquiefced in whatever he propofed or did . There dwelt at Lichfield a gen- tleman of the name of Butt , the father of the reverend Mr. Butt , now a King's Chaplain , to whofe house ...
... looked on him as their head and leader , and readily acquiefced in whatever he propofed or did . There dwelt at Lichfield a gen- tleman of the name of Butt , the father of the reverend Mr. Butt , now a King's Chaplain , to whofe house ...
Sivu 57
... looked round for a bookfeller , to whom , with a likelihood of ob- taining the value of it , he might treat for the fale of it . His friend Cave , in refpect of publications , was a haberdasher of fmall wares ; the greateft of his un ...
... looked round for a bookfeller , to whom , with a likelihood of ob- taining the value of it , he might treat for the fale of it . His friend Cave , in refpect of publications , was a haberdasher of fmall wares ; the greateft of his un ...
Sivu 74
... looked on this new - erected theatre with an eye more penetrating : the merchants of London , then a grave fagacious body of men , found that it was a temptation to idlenefs and to pleasure that their clerks could not refift : they ...
... looked on this new - erected theatre with an eye more penetrating : the merchants of London , then a grave fagacious body of men , found that it was a temptation to idlenefs and to pleasure that their clerks could not refift : they ...
Sivu 76
... looked upon by the author's friends , in which number were included all the Jacobites in the kingdom , as an in- fraction of a natural right , and as affecting the caufe of liberty . To exprefs their refentment of this injury , they ...
... looked upon by the author's friends , in which number were included all the Jacobites in the kingdom , as an in- fraction of a natural right , and as affecting the caufe of liberty . To exprefs their refentment of this injury , they ...
Sivu 86
... looked upon as true hiftory . In his life of Savage , Johnfon has mentioned the circumftances that attended it , and deplored this feparation as he would have done a greater misfortune than it proved : that it was , in reality , none ...
... looked upon as true hiftory . In his life of Savage , Johnfon has mentioned the circumftances that attended it , and deplored this feparation as he would have done a greater misfortune than it proved : that it was , in reality , none ...
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affertion affiftance againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer becauſe beſt bookfellers cafe cenfure character cifes circumftances compofed confequence converfation courfe courſe defign defire difpofed effays Engliſh exerciſe faid fame fatire favour fcarce feemed feen fenfe fent fentiments fervant ferve feven feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fince firft firſt folicited fome fometimes foon fpeech fpirit friends friendſhip ftate ftudies fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuppofed fupport Garrick Gentleman's Magazine hiftory himſelf honour houfe houſe inferted inftance inftruction intereft Johnfon labour laft learning lefs letter Lichfield living lord mafter meaſure mind minifter moft moſt muft muſt myſelf neceffary neceffity never obfervation occafion paffed perfon perufal phyfician pleaſe pleaſure poem prefent profeffion publiſhed purpoſe queftion racter reafon refolution refpect ſchool ſeems ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought tion told tranflation univerfity uſe vifit whereof whofe wife writings
Suositut otteet
Sivu 350 - 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 127 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Sivu 490 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Sivu 521 - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Sivu 438 - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
Sivu 363 - 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 186 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
Sivu 198 - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
Sivu 292 - 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 287 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.