The works of Samuel Johnson, 第 8 巻F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... shew the earl that the proposal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he sent Swift for the same purpose to the king . Swift , who probably was proud of his em- ployment , and went with all the confidence of a young man , found ...
... shew the earl that the proposal involved nothing dangerous to royal power , he sent Swift for the same purpose to the king . Swift , who probably was proud of his em- ployment , and went with all the confidence of a young man , found ...
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... shew the folly of receiving , and the mischief that must ensue by giving gold , and sil- ver for coin worth perhaps not a third part of its no- minal value . The nation was alarmed ; the new coin was uni- versally refused ; but the ...
... shew the folly of receiving , and the mischief that must ensue by giving gold , and sil- ver for coin worth perhaps not a third part of its no- minal value . The nation was alarmed ; the new coin was uni- versally refused ; but the ...
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... shew ; nor can it be doubted that he dreaded the death of her whom he loved most , ag- gravated by the consciousness that himself had has- tened it . Beauty and the power of pleasing , the greatest ex- ternal advantages that woman can ...
... shew ; nor can it be doubted that he dreaded the death of her whom he loved most , ag- gravated by the consciousness that himself had has- tened it . Beauty and the power of pleasing , the greatest ex- ternal advantages that woman can ...
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... shew a mind in- cessantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , busy with minute occurrences . It is apparent that he must have had the habit of no- ting whatever he observed ; for such a number of par- ticulars ...
... shew a mind in- cessantly attentive , and , when it was not employed upon great things , busy with minute occurrences . It is apparent that he must have had the habit of no- ting whatever he observed ; for such a number of par- ticulars ...
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... shew the age involved in darkness , and shade the picture with sullen emulation . When the queen's death drove him into Ireland , he might be allowed to regret for a time the inter- ception of his views , the extinction of his hopes ...
... shew the age involved in darkness , and shade the picture with sullen emulation . When the queen's death drove him into Ireland , he might be allowed to regret for a time the inter- ception of his views , the extinction of his hopes ...
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87 ページ - Thetis' son he bends his care, And plunge the Greeks in all the woes of war. Then bids an empty phantom rise to sight, And thus commands the vision of the night : • . directs Fly hence, delusive dream, and, light as air, To Agamemnon's royal tent repair ; Bid him in arms draw forth th' embattled train, March all his legions to the dusty plain.
243 ページ - Here he had .the privilege of a country recess, the fragrant bower, the spreading lawn, the flowery garden, and other advantages, to soothe his mind and aid his restoration to health; to yield him, whenever he chose them, most grateful intervals from his laborious studies, and enable him to return to them with redoubled vigour and delight.
376 ページ - His supplication to father Thames, to tell him who drives the hoop or tosses the ball, is useless and puerile. Father Thames/ has no better means of knowing than himself.
133 ページ - Arbuthnot was a man of great comprehension, skilful in his profession, versed in the sciences, acquainted with ancient literature, and able to animate his mass of knowledge by a bright and active imagination ; a scholar with great brilliancy of wit ; a wit, who, in the crowd of life, retained and discovered a noble ardour of religious zeal.
371 ページ - He knew every branch of history, both natural and civil : had read all the original historians of England, France, and Italy ; and was a great antiquarian. Criticism, metaphysics, morals, politics, made a principal part of his study ; voyages and travels of all sorts were his favourite amusements ; and he had a fine taste in painting, prints, architecture, and gardening.
213 ページ - Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great: Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
238 ページ - The great defect of the Seasons is want of method ; but for this I know not that there was any remedy. Of many appearances subsisting all at once, no rule can be given why one should be mentioned before another ; yet the memory wants the help of order, and the curiosity is not excited by suspense or expectation. His diction is in the highest degree florid and luxuriant, such as may be said to be to his images and thoughts both their lustre and their shade; such as invests them with splendour, through...
208 ページ - Here rests a woman, good without pretence, Blest with plain reason, and with sober sense: No conquest she, but o'er herself, desir'd ; No arts essay'd, but not to be admir'd. Passion and pride were to her soul unknown, Convinced that Virtue only is our own. So unaffected, so composed a mind, So firm, yet so'ft, so strong, yet so refined, Heaven, as its purest gold, by tortures try'd ; The saint sustained it, but the woman dy'd.