The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volume 11William Durell, 1811 |
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... character without ill intention ; but it is certainly of dangerous example . That Swift was its author , though it be universally believed , was never owned by himself nor very well proved by any evidence ; but no other claimant can be ...
... character without ill intention ; but it is certainly of dangerous example . That Swift was its author , though it be universally believed , was never owned by himself nor very well proved by any evidence ; but no other claimant can be ...
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... character , is laid open to inquiry , the accuser having the choice of facts , must be very unskilful if he does not prevail ; but , with regard to wit , I am afraid none of Swift's papers will be found equal to those by which Addison ...
... character , is laid open to inquiry , the accuser having the choice of facts , must be very unskilful if he does not prevail ; but , with regard to wit , I am afraid none of Swift's papers will be found equal to those by which Addison ...
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... character ; what then was likely to be said of him who employs the catch - poll under the ap- pearance of charity ? The clamour against him was loud , and the resentment of the populace outrageous ; he was therefore forced to drop his ...
... character ; what then was likely to be said of him who employs the catch - poll under the ap- pearance of charity ? The clamour against him was loud , and the resentment of the populace outrageous ; he was therefore forced to drop his ...
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... character . The person of Swift had not many recommenda- tions . He had a kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental scrupulosity , did not look clear . He had a countenance sour and se- vere , which he ...
... character . The person of Swift had not many recommenda- tions . He had a kind of muddy complexion , which , though he washed himself with oriental scrupulosity , did not look clear . He had a countenance sour and se- vere , which he ...
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... character , is to discover by what depravity of intellect he took delight in revolving ideas from which almost every other mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagina- on ; but what ...
... character , is to discover by what depravity of intellect he took delight in revolving ideas from which almost every other mind shrinks with disgust . The ideas of pleasure , even when criminal , may solicit the imagina- on ; but what ...
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Page 155 - Dryden certainly wanted the diligence of Pope. In acquired knowledge, the superiority must be allowed to Dryden, whose education was more scholastic, and who before he became an author had been allowed more time for study, with better means of information. His mind has a larger range, and he collects his images and illustrations from a more extensive circumference of science. Dryden knew more of man in his general nature, and Pope in his local manners.
Page 253 - Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen...
Page 94 - A grotto is not often the wish or pleasure of an Englishman, who has more frequent need to solicit than exclude the sun ; but Pope's excavation was requisite as an entrance to his garden, and, as some men try to be proud of their defects, he extracted an ornament from an inconvenience, and vanity produced a grotto where necessity enforced a passage.
Page 190 - Thy reliques, Rowe, to this fair urn we trust, And sacred, place by Dryden's awful dust: Beneath a rude and nameless stone he lies, To which thy tomb shall guide inquiring eyes. Peace to thy gentle shade, and endless rest! Blest in thy genius, in thy love too blest! One grateful woman to thy fame supplies What a whole thankless land to his denies.
Page 154 - He examined lines and words with minute and punctilious observation, and retouched every part with indefatigable diligence till he had left nothing to be forgiven.
Page 188 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Page 334 - There is no character without some speck, some imperfection; and I think the greatest defect in his was an affectation in delicacy, or rather effeminacy, and a visible fastidiousness, or contempt and disdain of his inferiors in science.
Page 336 - As a writer he had this peculiarity, that he did not write his pieces first rudely, and then correct them, but laboured every line as it arose in the train of composition; and he had a notion not very peculiar, that he could not write but at certain times, or at happy moments; a fantastic foppery, to which my kindness for a man of learning and virtue wishes him to have been superior.
Page 42 - This was all said and done with his usual seriousness on such occasions ; and, in spite of every thing we could say to the contrary, he actually obliged us to take the money.
Page 134 - .I never in my " life knew a man that had so tender a heart for " his particular friends, or more general friendship