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Pagina 63
... seem to defcribe an accomplice , were they not immediately followed by an express declaration , that Johnfon was unacquainted with the impofure . Dr. Towers adds , It Seems to have been by way of making fome com- penfation to the memory ...
... seem to defcribe an accomplice , were they not immediately followed by an express declaration , that Johnfon was unacquainted with the impofure . Dr. Towers adds , It Seems to have been by way of making fome com- penfation to the memory ...
Pagina 113
... seems to be an omiffion that does no honour to the Republic of Letters . Their contemporaries in general looked on with calm indifference , and fuffered Wit and Genius to vanish out of the world in total filence , unregarded , and ...
... seems to be an omiffion that does no honour to the Republic of Letters . Their contemporaries in general looked on with calm indifference , and fuffered Wit and Genius to vanish out of the world in total filence , unregarded , and ...
Pagina 127
... seems , however , that greatness of mind is not confined to greatnefs of rank . Dr. Brocklesby was not content to affift with his medical art ; he refolved to minister to his patient's mind , and pluck from his memory the forrow which ...
... seems , however , that greatness of mind is not confined to greatnefs of rank . Dr. Brocklesby was not content to affift with his medical art ; he refolved to minister to his patient's mind , and pluck from his memory the forrow which ...
Pagina 140
... seem to have been among his attainments . Whenever he thought the con- tention was for the fuperiority , he has been ... seems to have been confcious . In a letter to Mrs. Thrale , he fays , " Poor Baretti ! do not 66 66 quarrel with him ...
... seem to have been among his attainments . Whenever he thought the con- tention was for the fuperiority , he has been ... seems to have been confcious . In a letter to Mrs. Thrale , he fays , " Poor Baretti ! do not 66 66 quarrel with him ...
Pagina 147
... seems to have been fond of his Latin poetry . Those compofitions fhew that he was an early fcholar ; but his verfes have not the grace- ful eafe that gave so much fuavity to the poems of Addifon . The translation of the * Your friend is ...
... seems to have been fond of his Latin poetry . Those compofitions fhew that he was an early fcholar ; but his verfes have not the grace- ful eafe that gave so much fuavity to the poems of Addifon . The translation of the * Your friend is ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 75 - 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.
Pagina 77 - 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.
Pagina 21 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Pagina 77 - ... 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. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Pagina 77 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Pagina 57 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Pagina 6 - What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such, a groaning nation's spoils are giv'n, When public crimes...
Pagina 20 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting...
Pagina 22 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Pagina 29 - Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.