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PARNELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 GARTH . . . ROWE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ADDISON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 HUGHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 SHEFFIELD ,
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . 149 PRIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
CONGREVE .
PARNELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 GARTH . . . ROWE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
ADDISON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73 HUGHES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143 SHEFFIELD ,
DUKE OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . 149 PRIOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
CONGREVE .
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... on this occasion ; and it must not be forgotten how zealously Mr . Addison
espoused his interest , with all the elegant judgement and diffusive good - nature
for which that accomplished gentleman and author is so justly valued by mankind
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... on this occasion ; and it must not be forgotten how zealously Mr . Addison
espoused his interest , with all the elegant judgement and diffusive good - nature
for which that accomplished gentleman and author is so justly valued by mankind
.
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After a pause , said he to his friend , “ He that wanted me below was Addison ,
whose business was to tell me that a History of the Revolution was intended , and
to propose that I should undertake it . I said , “ What shall I do with the character of
...
After a pause , said he to his friend , “ He that wanted me below was Addison ,
whose business was to tell me that a History of the Revolution was intended , and
to propose that I should undertake it . I said , “ What shall I do with the character of
...
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It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night . Smith had indeed
trusted entirely to his merit , had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any
artifice to force success , and found that native excellence was not sufficient for its
...
It was , as Addison has recorded , hardly heard the third night . Smith had indeed
trusted entirely to his merit , had ensured no band of applauders , nor used any
artifice to force success , and found that native excellence was not sufficient for its
...
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Addison has , in the Spectator , mentioned the neglect of Smith ' s tragedy as
disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then
prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when
to please the ...
Addison has , in the Spectator , mentioned the neglect of Smith ' s tragedy as
disgraceful to the nation , and imputes it to the fondness for operas then
prevailing . The authority of Addison is great ; yet the voice of the people , when
to please the ...
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able acquaintance Addison afterwards allowed appeared attended believe called censure character collection common conduct considered continued conversation court death desired died Earl easily effect elegant endeavoured equal excellence expected favour force formed fortune friends gave genius give given hand honour hope imagined interest kind King known learning least less letter lines lived London Lord manner means mentioned merit mind nature never observed obtained occasion once opinion passed performance perhaps person play pleased pleasure poem poet poetry Pope praise present Prior probably produced publick published Queen reason received regard remarkable returned Savage says seems sent short sometimes soon stage Steele success suffered sufficient supposed thing thought tion told took tragedy verses virtue write written wrote
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Page 141 - His prose is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations.
Page 114 - No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure, separated mirth from indecency, and wit from licentiousness; of having taught a succession of writers to bring elegance and gaiety to the aid of goodness; and, if I may use expressions yet more awful, of having turned many to righteousness...
Page 120 - Cato it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue than a drama, rather a succession of just sentiments in elegant language, than a representation of natural affections, or of any state probable or possible in human life. Nothing here " excites or assuages emotion :" here is " no magical power of raising phantastic terror or wild anxiety.
Page 27 - At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found — with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
Page 110 - was particular in this writer, that when he had taken his resolution, or made his plan for what he designed to write, he would walk about a room, and dictate^ into language with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down, and attend to the coherence and grammar of what he dictated.
Page 410 - ... shall be reminded, that nothing will supply the want of prudence, and that negligence and irregularity, long continued, will make knowledge useless, wit ridiculous, and genius contemptible.
Page 139 - ... general knowledge which now circulates in common talk was in his time rarely to be found. Men not professing learning were not ashamed of ignorance, and in the female world any acquaintance with books was distinguished only to be censured. His purpose was to infuse literary curiosity by gentle and unsuspected conveyance into the gay, the idle, and the wealthy; he therefore presented knowledge in the most alluring form, not lofty and austere, but accessible and familiar.
Page 138 - It is not uncommon for those who have grown wise by the labour of others to add a little of their own, and overlook their masters. Addison is now despised by some who perhaps would never have seen his defects, but by the lights which he afforded them.
Page 399 - The keeper did not confine his benevolence to a gentle execution of his office, but made some overtures to the creditor for his release, though without effect; and continued, during the whole time of his imprisonment, to treat him with the utmost tenderness and civility.
Page 71 - I know not that there can be found in his plays any deep search into nature, any accurate discriminations of kindred qualities or nice display of passion in its progress ; all is general and undefined.
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| Title | The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D. Volume 10 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D, Samuel Johnson Volume 10 of The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: A New Ed., in Twelve Volumes, to which is Prefixed, An Essay on His Life and Genius, Samuel Johnson |
| Authors | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy |
| Publisher | G. Walker, 1820 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 17 Jan 2008 |
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