The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works, in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition, Never Before Published: the Whole Exhibiting a View of Literature and Literary Men in Great Britain, for Nearly Half a Century During which He Flourished, Volume 1G. Routledge & Company, Farringdon Street, 1857 - 300 pagina's |
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Pagina 15
... give the generous pain , the worthless joy : With his own form acquaint the forward fool , Shown in the faithful glass of ridicule ; Teach mimic censure her own faults to find , No more let coquettes to themselves be blind , So shall ...
... give the generous pain , the worthless joy : With his own form acquaint the forward fool , Shown in the faithful glass of ridicule ; Teach mimic censure her own faults to find , No more let coquettes to themselves be blind , So shall ...
Pagina 16
... give despair or joy , Bless with a smile , or with a frown destroy ; In whose fair cheeks destructive Cupids wait , And with unerring shafts distribute fate ; Whose snowy breasts , whose animated eyes , Each youth admires , though each ...
... give despair or joy , Bless with a smile , or with a frown destroy ; In whose fair cheeks destructive Cupids wait , And with unerring shafts distribute fate ; Whose snowy breasts , whose animated eyes , Each youth admires , though each ...
Pagina 38
... give you a bad reception , if , beside the current wit of the month , which a critical examination would generally ... gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I ...
... give you a bad reception , if , beside the current wit of the month , which a critical examination would generally ... gives me no reason to distrust your generosity . If you engage in any literary projects besides this paper , I ...
Pagina 39
... gives the following account of this little composition from Dr. Johnson's own relation to her , on her inquiring whether it was rightly attributed to him . " I think it is now , just forty years ago , that a young fellow had a sprig of ...
... gives the following account of this little composition from Dr. Johnson's own relation to her , on her inquiring whether it was rightly attributed to him . " I think it is now , just forty years ago , that a young fellow had a sprig of ...
Pagina 52
... give my readers some specimens of different kinds , distinguishing them by the asterisk ( * ) . * " Nor think to say here will I stop , Here will I fix the limits of transgression , Nor farther tempt the avenging rage of heaven . When ...
... give my readers some specimens of different kinds , distinguishing them by the asterisk ( * ) . * " Nor think to say here will I stop , Here will I fix the limits of transgression , Nor farther tempt the avenging rage of heaven . When ...
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