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... Lord , what is that ? " Hypocrisy , my dear Doctor . " Johnson had a younger brother named Nathaniel , who died at the age of twenty - seven or twenty - eight . Michael Johnson , the father , was chosen in the year 1718 Under Bailiff of ...
... Lord , what is that ? " Hypocrisy , my dear Doctor . " Johnson had a younger brother named Nathaniel , who died at the age of twenty - seven or twenty - eight . Michael Johnson , the father , was chosen in the year 1718 Under Bailiff of ...
Pagina 25
... Lord Gower was induced to write to a friend , in order to obtain for Johnson a master's degree in the University of Dublin , by the recommendation of Dr Swift . The letter was printed in one of the magazines , and is as follows : ❝ SIR ...
... Lord Gower was induced to write to a friend , in order to obtain for Johnson a master's degree in the University of Dublin , by the recommendation of Dr Swift . The letter was printed in one of the magazines , and is as follows : ❝ SIR ...
Pagina 29
... Lord Chamberlain prohibited the representation of a tragedy , called Gustavus Vasa , by Henry Brooke . Under the mask of irony Johnson published , " A Vindication of the Licenser from the malicious and scandalous aspersions of Mr Brooke ...
... Lord Chamberlain prohibited the representation of a tragedy , called Gustavus Vasa , by Henry Brooke . Under the mask of irony Johnson published , " A Vindication of the Licenser from the malicious and scandalous aspersions of Mr Brooke ...
Pagina 31
... Lords in February 1742-3 . The eloquence , the force of argument , and the splendour of language , displayed in the ... Lord Loughborough ) , Dr Johnson , Dr Francis ( the translator of Horace ) , the present writer and others , dined ...
... Lords in February 1742-3 . The eloquence , the force of argument , and the splendour of language , displayed in the ... Lord Loughborough ) , Dr Johnson , Dr Francis ( the translator of Horace ) , the present writer and others , dined ...
Pagina 35
... Lord Chesterfield to the author . stronger contrast of characters could not be brought together ; the Nobleman , celebrated for his wit , and all the graces of polite behaviour ; the Author , conscious of his own merit , towering in ...
... Lord Chesterfield to the author . stronger contrast of characters could not be brought together ; the Nobleman , celebrated for his wit , and all the graces of polite behaviour ; the Author , conscious of his own merit , towering in ...
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Pagina 152 - 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...
Pagina 153 - 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, nor want nor cold his course delay; — Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day...
Pagina 115 - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Pagina 157 - 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?
Pagina 150 - The liv'r.it£i army, and the menial lord. With age, with cares, with maladies, oppress'd, He seeks the refuge of monastic rest. Grief aids disease, remember'd folly stings, And his last sighs reproach the faith of kings.
Pagina 28 - The rest of the company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Pagina 151 - Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless day; Should no false kindness lure to loose delight, Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a letter...
Pagina 156 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear; Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from with'ring life away; New forms arise, and...
Pagina 36 - ... 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 158 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakspeare rose ; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.