The Poetical Works of Charles Churchill: With Copious Notes and a Life of the Author, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1864 |
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... Johnson , in his masterly but caustic satire , entitled " Chrysal , or the Adventures of a Guinea , " that we cannot do an act of greater justice to Churchill , or one that will afford more pleasure to our readers , than by giving an ...
... Johnson , in his masterly but caustic satire , entitled " Chrysal , or the Adventures of a Guinea , " that we cannot do an act of greater justice to Churchill , or one that will afford more pleasure to our readers , than by giving an ...
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... Johnson be true , that " the chief glory of every people arises from its authors , " may it not be hoped that an enlightened nation will identify its own greatness with the prosperity of its literary men and their posterity ? When the ...
... Johnson be true , that " the chief glory of every people arises from its authors , " may it not be hoped that an enlightened nation will identify its own greatness with the prosperity of its literary men and their posterity ? When the ...
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... Johnson . * Few writers have ventured to impeach their own judgment by committing to paper any remarks in derogation of Churchill's genius ; though they would not commend , they dared not censure , and have preferred silence to praise ...
... Johnson . * Few writers have ventured to impeach their own judgment by committing to paper any remarks in derogation of Churchill's genius ; though they would not commend , they dared not censure , and have preferred silence to praise ...
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... Johnson ; but deeply as we reverence him , we should con- sider him more than human , if he had not been biassed by ... Johnson's na- tural distaste to Churchill's morals , and aversion from his politics , would apparently justify a ...
... Johnson ; but deeply as we reverence him , we should con- sider him more than human , if he had not been biassed by ... Johnson's na- tural distaste to Churchill's morals , and aversion from his politics , would apparently justify a ...
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... Johnson's throes , as Boswell observes , in bringing it forth , * * We have been so much indebted to Boswell , and ... Johnson as contemptible as he has made himself , had not his hero really possessed some moral and intellectual ...
... Johnson's throes , as Boswell observes , in bringing it forth , * * We have been so much indebted to Boswell , and ... Johnson as contemptible as he has made himself , had not his hero really possessed some moral and intellectual ...
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Page 167 - Excitements of my reason and my blood, And let all sleep, while to my shame I see, The imminent death of twenty thousand men, That, for a fantasy and trick of fame, Go to their graves like beds...
Page 112 - But peace to his spirit, wherever it flies, To act as an angel and mix with the skies : Those poets, who owe their best fame to his skill, Shall still be his flatterers, go where he will...
Page lxxxv - ... tis a soul like thine, a soul supreme, in each hard instance tried, above all pain, all passion and all pride, the rage of power, the blast of public breath, the lust of lucre and the dread of death.
Page 148 - THE Lord descended from above, And bowed the heavens most high ; And underneath his feet he cast The darkness of the sky. 2 On cherub and on cherubim, Full royally he rode ; And on the wings of mighty winds Came flying all abroad.
Page 36 - WHEN Learning's triumph o'er her barbarous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakespeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Page 89 - Looking tranquillity! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chilness to my .trembling heart.
Page lxviii - Nay, sir, I am a very fair judge. He did not attack me violently till he found I did not like his poetry ; and his attack on me shall not prevent me from continuing to say what I think of him, from an apprehension that it may be ascribed to resentment. No, sir, I called the fellow a blockhead at first, and I will call him a blockhead still.
Page 203 - Poor naked wretches, wheresoe'er you are, That bide the pelting of this pitiless storm, How shall your houseless heads and unfed sides, Your loop'd and window'd raggedness, defend you From seasons such as these ? O, I have ta'en Too little care of this ! Take physic, pomp ; Expose thyself to feel what wretches feel, That thou mayst shake the superflux to them, And show the heavens more just.
Page 253 - I was pleased with the reply of a gentleman, who being asked which book he esteemed most in his library, answered, - "Shakspeare: " being asked which he esteemed next best, replied,- "Hogarth.
Page 151 - Consider, Sir: celebrated men, such as you have mentioned, have had their applause at a distance; but Garrick had it dashed in his face, sounded in his ears, and went home every night with the plaudits of a thousand in his cranium. Then, Sir, Garrick did not find, but made his way to the tables, the levees, and almost the bed-chambers of the great. Then, Sir, Garrick had under him a numerous body of people; who, from fear of his power, and hopes of his favour, and admiration of his talents, were...