The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson. PoemsT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... perhaps a more fatisfactory account , fuch as may exhibit a juft picture of the man , and keep him the principal figure in the fore ground of his own picture . To comply with that request is the defign of this effay , which the writer ...
... perhaps a more fatisfactory account , fuch as may exhibit a juft picture of the man , and keep him the principal figure in the fore ground of his own picture . To comply with that request is the defign of this effay , which the writer ...
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... Perhaps , what has not been attempted ; a fhort , yet full , a faithful , yet temperate hif- tory of Dr. John fon . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , September 7 , 1709 , O. S * . His father , Michael Johnfon , was a bookseller in ...
... Perhaps , what has not been attempted ; a fhort , yet full , a faithful , yet temperate hif- tory of Dr. John fon . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , September 7 , 1709 , O. S * . His father , Michael Johnfon , was a bookseller in ...
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... perhaps , never wished " for ; while the man of general knowledge " can often benefit , and always please . " This advice Johnson feems to have pursued with a good inclination . His reading was always deful- tory , feldom refting on any ...
... perhaps , never wished " for ; while the man of general knowledge " can often benefit , and always please . " This advice Johnson feems to have pursued with a good inclination . His reading was always deful- tory , feldom refting on any ...
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... perhaps , because it was stopped by roots , the whole place being full of trees . Α line of ten feet did not reach the bottom of the other . Thefe fprings are fuppofed by the Abyffins to be the vents of a great At a small diftauce ...
... perhaps , because it was stopped by roots , the whole place being full of trees . Α line of ten feet did not reach the bottom of the other . Thefe fprings are fuppofed by the Abyffins to be the vents of a great At a small diftauce ...
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... which he has defcribed ? Mr. Bruce's pool of water may have been formed fince ; and Lobo , perhaps , was content to fit down without a bench . b 3 fall fall of this mighty ftream , from fo great a GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 21.
... which he has defcribed ? Mr. Bruce's pool of water may have been formed fince ; and Lobo , perhaps , was content to fit down without a bench . b 3 fall fall of this mighty ftream , from fo great a GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 21.
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Page 176 - But did not Chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Page 165 - But all whom hunger spares, with age decay: Here malice, rapine, accident, conspire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey; Here falling houses thunder on your head, And here a female atheist talks you dead.
Page 174 - Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Page 57 - 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 174 - ... for thee; Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. 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.
Page 17 - I hope you will burn this, and pardon me for giving you so much trouble about an impracticable thing; but if you think there is a probability of obtaining the favour asked...
Page 174 - scape, despis'd or aw'd, Rebellion's vengeful talons seize on Laud. From meaner minds, though smaller fines content The plunder'd palace, or sequester'd rent; Mark'd out by dangerous parts he meets the shock, And fatal Learning leads him to the block: Around his tomb let Art and Genius weep, But hear his death, ye blockheads, hear and sleep.
Page 172 - To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And Detestation rids th
Page 176 - ... 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 174 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting...