The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Nichols, 1816 |
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... language ; but having neither birth , beauty , nor wit , in any uncommon degree , she suffered such mortifications from those who thought themselves at liberty to return her insults , as re- duced her turbulence to cooler malignity ...
... language ; but having neither birth , beauty , nor wit , in any uncommon degree , she suffered such mortifications from those who thought themselves at liberty to return her insults , as re- duced her turbulence to cooler malignity ...
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... language of the Roman satirist , to save life by losing all for which a wise man would live * . When in the diet of the German empire , as Ca- merarius relates , the princes were once displaying their felicity , and each boasting the ...
... language of the Roman satirist , to save life by losing all for which a wise man would live * . When in the diet of the German empire , as Ca- merarius relates , the princes were once displaying their felicity , and each boasting the ...
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... language ; and therefore thought my- self no longer bound to pay much regard to one who knew little beyond her needle and her dairy , and who professed to think that nothing more is re- quired of a woman than to see that the house is ...
... language ; and therefore thought my- self no longer bound to pay much regard to one who knew little beyond her needle and her dairy , and who professed to think that nothing more is re- quired of a woman than to see that the house is ...
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... language already in use was insufficient . If , therefore , I shall some- times seem obscure , it may be imputed to this volun- tary interdiction , and to a desire of avoiding that offence which is always given by unusual words . The ...
... language already in use was insufficient . If , therefore , I shall some- times seem obscure , it may be imputed to this volun- tary interdiction , and to a desire of avoiding that offence which is always given by unusual words . The ...
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... language more capable of variety than ours , had two kinds of verse , the Iambick , consisting of short and long syllables alternately , from which our heroick measure is derived , and the Trochaick , consisting in a like alternation of ...
... language more capable of variety than ours , had two kinds of verse , the Iambick , consisting of short and long syllables alternately , from which our heroick measure is derived , and the Trochaick , consisting in a like alternation of ...
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Page 137 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
Page 146 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 234 - Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.
Page 442 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
Page 148 - Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Page 119 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 61 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 95 - But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Page 441 - I sight, confused with shame, How could I once look up, or heave the head, Who, like a foolish pilot, have...