The Poetical Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.: With an Account of the Author's Life |
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... shine as strongly in these narratives , as in any of his more early performances ; and his style , if not so ener- getick , is at least more smoothed down to the taste of the generality of readers . The lives of the English Poets formed ...
... shine as strongly in these narratives , as in any of his more early performances ; and his style , if not so ener- getick , is at least more smoothed down to the taste of the generality of readers . The lives of the English Poets formed ...
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... shine with more concentrated radiance in the Lives of the Poets : of many passages in these compositions it is not hyperbolical to affirm , that they are executed with all the skill and penetra- tion of Aristotle , and animated and ...
... shine with more concentrated radiance in the Lives of the Poets : of many passages in these compositions it is not hyperbolical to affirm , that they are executed with all the skill and penetra- tion of Aristotle , and animated and ...
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... shine , From every tongue flows harmony divine →→→→ These arts in vain our rugged natives try , Strain out , with faltering diffidence , a lie , And get a kick for awkward flattery . Besides , with justice , this discerning age ...
... shine , From every tongue flows harmony divine →→→→ These arts in vain our rugged natives try , Strain out , with faltering diffidence , a lie , And get a kick for awkward flattery . Besides , with justice , this discerning age ...
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... shine , evaporate , and fall- On every stage the foes of peace attend , Hate dogs their flight , and insult mocks their end . Love ends with hope , the sinking statesman's door Pours in the morning worshipper no more— For growing names ...
... shine , evaporate , and fall- On every stage the foes of peace attend , Hate dogs their flight , and insult mocks their end . Love ends with hope , the sinking statesman's door Pours in the morning worshipper no more— For growing names ...
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... shine ; Turned by his nod the stream of honour flows , His smile alone security bestows : Still to new heights his restless wishes tour ; Claim leads to claim , and power advances power ; Till conquest unresisted ceased to please , And ...
... shine ; Turned by his nod the stream of honour flows , His smile alone security bestows : Still to new heights his restless wishes tour ; Claim leads to claim , and power advances power ; Till conquest unresisted ceased to please , And ...
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Page 25 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and •cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 24 - When upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Page 87 - 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 64 - On Thames's banks in silent thought we stood, Where Greenwich smiles upon the silver flood; Struck with the seat that gave Eliza birth, We kneel, and kiss the consecrated earth; In pleasing dreams the blissful age renew, And call Britannia's glories back to view: Behold her cross triumphant on the main, The guard of commerce and the dread of Spain, Ere masquerades debauch'd, excise oppress'd, Or English honour grew a standing jest.
Page 74 - 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 118 - Wheresoe'er I turn my view, All is Strange, yet nothing new: Endless labour all along, Endless labour to be wrong; Phrase that Time has flung away; Uncouth words in disarray, Trick'd in antique ruff and bonnet, Ode, and elegy, and sonnet.
Page 68 - With ev'ry wild absurdity comply, And view each object with another's eye ; To shake with laughter, ere the jest they hear, To pour at will the counterfeited tear ; And, as their patron hints the cold or heat, To shake in dog-days, in December sweat. * How, when competitors, like these, contend, Can surly virtue hope to fix a friend...
Page 109 - The power of art without the show. In misery's darkest cavern known, His useful care was ever nigh, Where hopeless anguish poured his groan, And lonely want retired to die.
Page 82 - 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 24 - 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...