The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 - English literature |
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... lefs profitable than it is now ; for though it may be faid , that during the reign of Queen Anne , multitudes of controverfial books and pamphlets were publishing , yet thefe yield- ed but finall advantage to the mere venders of them ...
... lefs profitable than it is now ; for though it may be faid , that during the reign of Queen Anne , multitudes of controverfial books and pamphlets were publishing , yet thefe yield- ed but finall advantage to the mere venders of them ...
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... lefs fenfible than your readers , of the defect of your poetical article , you will not be displeased , if , in order to the improvement of it , I ⚫ communicate to you the fentiments of a perfon , who will undertake , on reasonable ...
... lefs fenfible than your readers , of the defect of your poetical article , you will not be displeased , if , in order to the improvement of it , I ⚫ communicate to you the fentiments of a perfon , who will undertake , on reasonable ...
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... lefs than fufficient to purchase for them the fhelter and fordid comforts of a night cellar . Of the refult of their converfations little can now be known , fave , that they gave rife to those principles of patriotifin , that both , for ...
... lefs than fufficient to purchase for them the fhelter and fordid comforts of a night cellar . Of the refult of their converfations little can now be known , fave , that they gave rife to those principles of patriotifin , that both , for ...
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... lefs anxious in pro- ' viding them more . But if ever they stand still on my account , it must doubtless be charged to me ; and whatever elfe will be reasonable I fhall not op- ' pose ; but beg a fufpenfe of judgment till morning ...
... lefs anxious in pro- ' viding them more . But if ever they stand still on my account , it must doubtless be charged to me ; and whatever elfe will be reasonable I fhall not op- ' pose ; but beg a fufpenfe of judgment till morning ...
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... lefs antiquity is the White Hart without Bishop's - gate , which now bears in the front of it the date of its erection , 1480 . Anciently there ftood in Old Palace - yard , Westminster , a tavern known by the fign of the White Rose ...
... lefs antiquity is the White Hart without Bishop's - gate , which now bears in the front of it the date of its erection , 1480 . Anciently there ftood in Old Palace - yard , Westminster , a tavern known by the fign of the White Rose ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.