The life of Dr. Samuel JohnsonJ. Buckland, J. Rivington and Sons, T. Payne and Sons, L. Davis, B. White and Son ... [and 36 others in London], 1787 |
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... say , that he never re- membered to have enjoyed the use of it . · 6 verterant , inde nati vermes odorem teterrimum exhalabant . Ita • viro incutiebat morbus horrorem , fterilitas minuebat affectum . • Vivebat infelix mulier odiofa ...
... say , that he never re- membered to have enjoyed the use of it . · 6 verterant , inde nati vermes odorem teterrimum exhalabant . Ita • viro incutiebat morbus horrorem , fterilitas minuebat affectum . • Vivebat infelix mulier odiofa ...
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... say , - • Slow rifes worth by poverty depreft . ' his spirit was , nevertheless , too great to fink under this depreffion . His tutor , Jordan , in about a year's fpace , went off to a living which he had been presented to , upon giving ...
... say , - • Slow rifes worth by poverty depreft . ' his spirit was , nevertheless , too great to fink under this depreffion . His tutor , Jordan , in about a year's fpace , went off to a living which he had been presented to , upon giving ...
Page 78
... say that they are both ironical , that they difplay neither learn- ing nor wit , and that in neither of them is there to be discovered a single ray of that brightnefs which beams fo strongly in the author's moral and po- litical effays ...
... say that they are both ironical , that they difplay neither learn- ing nor wit , and that in neither of them is there to be discovered a single ray of that brightnefs which beams fo strongly in the author's moral and po- litical effays ...
Page 80
... say than that they hated it . The truth is , that Johnson's political prejudices were a mist that the eye of his judgment could not penetrate : in all the measures of government he could fee nothing right ; nor could he be convinced ...
... say than that they hated it . The truth is , that Johnson's political prejudices were a mist that the eye of his judgment could not penetrate : in all the measures of government he could fee nothing right ; nor could he be convinced ...
Page 121
... say that which fhould ' make him applauded ; he never laid the business of the house to heart , being a vain and empty , though ' a witty man . ' The fubject of this important debate was a bill to restrain the use of fpirituous liquors ...
... say that which fhould ' make him applauded ; he never laid the business of the house to heart , being a vain and empty , though ' a witty man . ' The fubject of this important debate was a bill to restrain the use of fpirituous liquors ...
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Page 349 - 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.
Page 265 - Almighty GOD, the giver of all good things, without whose help all labour is ineffectual, and without whose grace all wisdom is folly : grant, I beseech Thee, that in this undertaking thy Holy Spirit may not be withheld from me, but that I may promote thy glory, and the salvation of myself and others : grant this, O Lord, for the sake of thy son, JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
Page 519 - From zeal or malice now no more we dread, For English vengeance wars not with the dead, A generous foe regards with pitying eye The man whom fate has laid where all must lie. To wit, reviving from its author's dust, Be kind, ye judges, or at least be just : Let no renewed hostilities invade Th' oblivious grave's inviolable shade.
Page 127 - I have been accused of acting a theatrical part. A theatrical part may either imply some peculiarities of gesture, or a dissimulation of my real sentiments, and an adoption of the opinions and language of another man. In the first sense, sir, the charge is too trifling to be confuted, and deserves only to be mentioned that it may be despised.
Page 344 - 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...
Page 155 - ... the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Page 190 - I am almost in a fever whenever I am in his company. His figure (without being deformed) seems made to disgrace or ridicule the common structure of the human body.
Page 555 - 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.
Page 62 - ... but, unfortunately, he is not capable of receiving their bounty, which would make him happy for life...
Page 584 - Support me by the grace of thy Holy Spirit in the days of weakness, and at the hour of death, and receive me, at my death, to everlasting happiness, for the sake of Jesus Christ. — Amen.