The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson. PoemsT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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Pagina 151
... Mahomet the Great , first emperor of the Turks , is the hinge on which the fable is made to move . ftance of the ftory is fhortly this . In 1453 Mahomet laid fiege to Conftantinople , and , having reduced the place , became enamoured of ...
... Mahomet the Great , first emperor of the Turks , is the hinge on which the fable is made to move . ftance of the ftory is fhortly this . In 1453 Mahomet laid fiege to Conftantinople , and , having reduced the place , became enamoured of ...
Pagina 29
... Mahomet * may dance . Hard is his lot that , here by Fortune plac'd , Must watch the wild viciffitudes of taste ; With ev'ry meteor of caprice muft play , And chafe the new - blown bubbles of the day . Ah ! let not Cenfure term our fate ...
... Mahomet * may dance . Hard is his lot that , here by Fortune plac'd , Must watch the wild viciffitudes of taste ; With ev'ry meteor of caprice muft play , And chafe the new - blown bubbles of the day . Ah ! let not Cenfure term our fate ...
Pagina 33
... fuppliant ftrain , With merit needlefs , and without it vain . In Reason , Nature , Truth , he dares to truft : Ye Fops , be filent ; and ye Wits , be just ! VOL . I. D PERSONS PERSONS of the DRAM A. MAHOMET , CALI BASSA , [ 33 ]
... fuppliant ftrain , With merit needlefs , and without it vain . In Reason , Nature , Truth , he dares to truft : Ye Fops , be filent ; and ye Wits , be just ! VOL . I. D PERSONS PERSONS of the DRAM A. MAHOMET , CALI BASSA , [ 33 ]
Pagina 34
Samuel Johnson. PERSONS of the DRAM A. MAHOMET , CALI BASSA , MEN . Emperor of the Turks , Mr. BARRY MUSTAPHA , ABDALLA , Firft Vifier , Mr. BERRY .. A Turkish Aga , An Officer , Mr. SOWDEN . } Turkish Captains , HASAN , CARAZA ...
Samuel Johnson. PERSONS of the DRAM A. MAHOMET , CALI BASSA , MEN . Emperor of the Turks , Mr. BARRY MUSTAPHA , ABDALLA , Firft Vifier , Mr. BERRY .. A Turkish Aga , An Officer , Mr. SOWDEN . } Turkish Captains , HASAN , CARAZA ...
Pagina 43
... Mahomet's unfkilful hand . This fir'd the youthful king's ambitious breast ; He murmurs vengeance at the name of Cali , And dooms my rash fidelity to ruin , DEMETRIUS , Unhappy lot of all that shine in courts , For forc'd compliance ...
... Mahomet's unfkilful hand . This fir'd the youthful king's ambitious breast ; He murmurs vengeance at the name of Cali , And dooms my rash fidelity to ruin , DEMETRIUS , Unhappy lot of all that shine in courts , For forc'd compliance ...
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ABDALLA affiftance Afpafia Amurath ASPASI Baffa beauty Behold bofom breaft CALI CARAZA cauſe charms death DEMETRIUS diftant dread effays ev'ry eyes faid fair fame fate fays fcorn fear fecret fecula feems fhades fhall fhare fhine fhould fibi fighs filent firſt flaves fmiles fome forrow foul ftill fubject fuch Garrick greatnefs Greece guilt Hæc heart Heav'n himſelf Hiſtory honour hope houſe IRENE Irene's Johnfon joys juftice laft LEONTIUS Lichfield ludicra MAHOME MAHOMET mihi millia mind moſt muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er obfervation occafion paffion pleafing pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe prefent publick publiſhed purſue quæ Quid quod racter rage reaſon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL SCENE ſcenes ſchemes ſhake ſhall Sir John Hawkins ſpread ſtate Stella Streatham Sultan thee thefe theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tibi tranflation uſe virtue vitæ whofe whoſe wiſdom
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