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Page 64
... shews Johnson's alacrity in doing good . That ala- crity shewed itself again in the letter printed in the European Magazine , January , 1785 , and there said to have appeared originally in the General Advertiser , 4th April , 1750 , by ...
... shews Johnson's alacrity in doing good . That ala- crity shewed itself again in the letter printed in the European Magazine , January , 1785 , and there said to have appeared originally in the General Advertiser , 4th April , 1750 , by ...
Page 88
... shews the distress and melancholy situ- ation of the man , who had written the Ram- bler , and finished the great work of his Dic- tionary . The letter is directed to Mr. Richardson ( the author of Clarissa ) , and is as follows : " SIR ...
... shews the distress and melancholy situ- ation of the man , who had written the Ram- bler , and finished the great work of his Dic- tionary . The letter is directed to Mr. Richardson ( the author of Clarissa ) , and is as follows : " SIR ...
Page 126
... shews himself upon a cold scent for opportunities to bark and snarl throughout a volume of six hundred will , pretend to moralize ; pages , may , if he but GOODNESS OF HEART , or , to use that politer phrase , the virtue of a horse or a ...
... shews himself upon a cold scent for opportunities to bark and snarl throughout a volume of six hundred will , pretend to moralize ; pages , may , if he but GOODNESS OF HEART , or , to use that politer phrase , the virtue of a horse or a ...
Page 127
... shews himself upon a cold scent for opportunities to bark and snarl throughout a volume of six hundred pages , may , if he will , pretend to moralize ; but GOODNESS OF HEART , or , to use that politer phrase , the virtue of a horse or a ...
... shews himself upon a cold scent for opportunities to bark and snarl throughout a volume of six hundred pages , may , if he will , pretend to moralize ; but GOODNESS OF HEART , or , to use that politer phrase , the virtue of a horse or a ...
Page 156
... shews the literary pride and lofty spirit of the author . The Epilogue , we are told in a late publi- cation , was written by Sir William Young . This is a new discovery , but by no means probable . When the appendages to a Drama- tic ...
... shews the literary pride and lofty spirit of the author . The Epilogue , we are told in a late publi- cation , was written by Sir William Young . This is a new discovery , but by no means probable . When the appendages to a Drama- tic ...
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Page 44 - 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 best of it.
Page 190 - Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Page 139 - 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 76 - ... Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Page 187 - Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
Page 182 - The march begins in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait ; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost ; He comes...
Page 183 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord.
Page 175 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 187 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find? Must dull suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Page 55 - ... 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...