The works of Samuel Johnson, 第 8 巻F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... written by himself * , the son of Jonathan Swift , an attorney , and was born at Dublin on St. Andrew's day , 1667 ... written by the Dean , and now exists in his own hand- writing in the library of Dublin College . R. + Spence's ...
... written by himself * , the son of Jonathan Swift , an attorney , and was born at Dublin on St. Andrew's day , 1667 ... written by the Dean , and now exists in his own hand- writing in the library of Dublin College . R. + Spence's ...
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... written , replete with How does it appear that Stella's father was steward to Sir William Temple ? In his will he does not say one word of her father's services , and did not leave Esther Johnson a thousand pounds , but a lease . His ...
... written , replete with How does it appear that Stella's father was steward to Sir William Temple ? In his will he does not say one word of her father's services , and did not leave Esther Johnson a thousand pounds , but a lease . His ...
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... written by a man of a peculiar character without ill intention ; but it is certainly of dangerous example . That Swift was its author , though it be universally believed , was never owned by himself , nor very well proved by any ...
... written by a man of a peculiar character without ill intention ; but it is certainly of dangerous example . That Swift was its author , though it be universally believed , was never owned by himself , nor very well proved by any ...
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... written with great coolness , moderation , ease , and perspicuity . The Argument against abolishing Christianity " is a very happy and judicious irony , One passage in it deserves to be selected . " If Christianity were once abolished ...
... written with great coolness , moderation , ease , and perspicuity . The Argument against abolishing Christianity " is a very happy and judicious irony , One passage in it deserves to be selected . " If Christianity were once abolished ...
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... written after the facts , and the rest never completed , but well planned to excite amaze- ment . Soon after began the busy and important part of Swift's life . He was employed ( 1710 ) by the pri- mate of Ireland to solicit the Queen ...
... written after the facts , and the rest never completed , but well planned to excite amaze- ment . Soon after began the busy and important part of Swift's life . He was employed ( 1710 ) by the pri- mate of Ireland to solicit the Queen ...
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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.
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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.