The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author's LifeDavid Allinson, 1816 - 140 ページ |
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... prologue at the opening of it , which for just and manly criticism , as well as poetical excellence , is unrivalled in that species of composition . In 1748 , he formed a club , that met at a chop- house in Ivy Lane every Tuesday ...
... prologue at the opening of it , which for just and manly criticism , as well as poetical excellence , is unrivalled in that species of composition . In 1748 , he formed a club , that met at a chop- house in Ivy Lane every Tuesday ...
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... prologue , written by the author in a man- ly strain , soothed the audience , and the play went off tolerably well till it came to the conclusion ; when Mrs. Pritchard , the heroine of the piece , was to be strangled upon the stage ...
... prologue , written by the author in a man- ly strain , soothed the audience , and the play went off tolerably well till it came to the conclusion ; when Mrs. Pritchard , the heroine of the piece , was to be strangled upon the stage ...
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... prologue to Kelly's comedy of a Word to the Wise , which was acted at Covent Garden theatre , for the be- nefit of the author's widow and children . This year he engaged to write a concise ac- count of the Lives of the English Poets ...
... prologue to Kelly's comedy of a Word to the Wise , which was acted at Covent Garden theatre , for the be- nefit of the author's widow and children . This year he engaged to write a concise ac- count of the Lives of the English Poets ...
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... prologue , Mr. Murphy says , is written with ele- gance , and in a peculiar strain , shows the literary pride and lofty spirit of the author . The faults and foibles of Johnson , whatever they were , are now descended with him to the ...
... prologue , Mr. Murphy says , is written with ele- gance , and in a peculiar strain , shows the literary pride and lofty spirit of the author . The faults and foibles of Johnson , whatever they were , are now descended with him to the ...
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... of heaven ordain , These goods He grants , who grants the power to gain ; With these , celestial Wisdom calms the mind , And makes the happiness she does not find . PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY MR . GARRICK , At the opening JOHNSON'S POEMS .
... of heaven ordain , These goods He grants , who grants the power to gain ; With these , celestial Wisdom calms the mind , And makes the happiness she does not find . PROLOGUE SPOKEN BY MR . GARRICK , At the opening JOHNSON'S POEMS .
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25 ページ - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
24 ページ - When upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
87 ページ - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
64 ページ - On Thames's banks in silent thought we stood, Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood; Struck with the seat that gave Eliza birth, We kneel, and kiss the consecrated earth; In pleasing dreams the blissful age renew, And call Britannia's glories back to view: Behold her cross triumphant on the main, The guard of commerce and the dread of Spain, Ere masquerades debauch'd, excise oppress'd, Or English honour grew a standing jest.
74 ページ - observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
118 ページ - Wheresoe'er I turn my view, All is Strange, yet nothing new: Endless labour all along, Endless labour to be wrong; Phrase that Time has flung away; Uncouth words in disarray, Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet, Ode, and elegy, and sonnet.
68 ページ - With ev'ry wild absurdity comply, And view each object with another's eye ; To shake with laughter, ere the jest they hear, To pour at will the counterfeited tear ; And, as their patron hints the cold or heat, To shake in dog-days, in December sweat. * How, when competitors, like these, contend, Can surly virtue hope to fix a friend...
109 ページ - The power of art without the show. In misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish poured his groan, And lonely want retired to die.
82 ページ - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
24 ページ - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...