The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 1F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... Heav'n meant to shed Its keenest vengeance on the guilty head , The drudgery of words the damn'd would know , Doom'd to write Lexicons in endless woe * . Yes , you had cause , great Genius , to repent ; " You lost good days , that might ...
... Heav'n meant to shed Its keenest vengeance on the guilty head , The drudgery of words the damn'd would know , Doom'd to write Lexicons in endless woe * . Yes , you had cause , great Genius , to repent ; " You lost good days , that might ...
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... Heav'n's just bolts Orgilio's wealth confound , * And spread his flaming palace on the ground , Swift o'er the land the dismal rumour flies , And public mournings pacify the skies ; The laureat tribe in venal verse relate , How virtue ...
... Heav'n's just bolts Orgilio's wealth confound , * And spread his flaming palace on the ground , Swift o'er the land the dismal rumour flies , And public mournings pacify the skies ; The laureat tribe in venal verse relate , How virtue ...
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... Heav'n another fire . 31 Could'st thou resign the park and play content , For the fair banks of Severn or of Trent ; There might'st thou find some elegant retreat , Some hireling senator's deserted seat ; And stretch thy prospects o'er ...
... Heav'n another fire . 31 Could'st thou resign the park and play content , For the fair banks of Severn or of Trent ; There might'st thou find some elegant retreat , Some hireling senator's deserted seat ; And stretch thy prospects o'er ...
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... Heav'n may hear , nor deem Religion vain . Still raise for good the supplicating voice , But leave to Heav'n the measure and the choice . Safe in his pow'r , whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore his ...
... Heav'n may hear , nor deem Religion vain . Still raise for good the supplicating voice , But leave to Heav'n the measure and the choice . Safe in his pow'r , whose eyes discern afar The secret ambush of a specious pray'r ; Implore his ...
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... Heav'n dispatch the messengers of light , Or wake the dead , to warn us of its fall ? LEONTIUS . Well might the weakness of our empire sink Before such foes of more than human force ; Some Pow'r invisible , from Heav'n or Hell ...
... Heav'n dispatch the messengers of light , Or wake the dead , to warn us of its fall ? LEONTIUS . Well might the weakness of our empire sink Before such foes of more than human force ; Some Pow'r invisible , from Heav'n or Hell ...
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Page 58 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by 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.
Page 169 - 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.
Page 219 - Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate? Must no dislike alarm, no wishes rise, No cries attempt the mercies of the skies? Inquirer, cease; petitions yet remain Which Heaven may hear, nor deem Religion vain.
Page 214 - 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...
Page 359 - Oft in danger, yet alive, We are come to thirty-five; Long may better years arrive, Better years than thirty-five. Could philosophers contrive Life to stop at thirty-five, Time his hours should never drive O'er the bounds of thirty-five. High to soar, and deep to dive, Nature gives at thirty-five. Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five: For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five. He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five; And all who wisely wish...
Page 124 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 46 - To this discovery Dr. Francis made answer : 'Then, Sir, you have exceeded Demosthenes himself; for to say that you have exceeded Francis's Demosthenes would be saying nothing.' 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...
Page 219 - For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.
Page 77 - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
Page 213 - See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end.