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... Essay printed in the newspaper , of which Warren was proprietor . After very diligent inquiry , I have not been able to recover those early specimens of that particular mode of writing by which Johnson afterwards so greatly ...
... Essay printed in the newspaper , of which Warren was proprietor . After very diligent inquiry , I have not been able to recover those early specimens of that particular mode of writing by which Johnson afterwards so greatly ...
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... Essays which he wrote for it . Though Johnson was often solicited by his friends to make a complete list of his writings , and talked of doing it , I believe with a serious intention that they should all be collected on his own account ...
... Essays which he wrote for it . Though Johnson was often solicited by his friends to make a complete list of his writings , and talked of doing it , I believe with a serious intention that they should all be collected on his own account ...
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... Essay , & c . con- taining a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Con- NICHOLS . The premium of forty pounds proposed for the best poem on the Divine Attributes is here alluded to ...
... Essay , & c . con- taining a succinct Account of the Philosophy of Mr. Leibnitz on the System of the Fatalists , with a Con- NICHOLS . The premium of forty pounds proposed for the best poem on the Divine Attributes is here alluded to ...
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... Essay on Man , and gave advice as one anxious for its success , I was long ago convinced by a perusal of the Preface , that this translation was erroneously ascribed to him ; and I have found this point ascertained , be- yond all doubt ...
... Essay on Man , and gave advice as one anxious for its success , I was long ago convinced by a perusal of the Preface , that this translation was erroneously ascribed to him ; and I have found this point ascertained , be- yond all doubt ...
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... Essay published in that Magazine this year , entitled " The Apotheosis of Milton , " was written by John- son ; and on that supposition it has been improperly inserted in the edition of his works by the Booksellers , after his decease ...
... Essay published in that Magazine this year , entitled " The Apotheosis of Milton , " was written by John- son ; and on that supposition it has been improperly inserted in the edition of his works by the Booksellers , after his decease ...
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Page 152 - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives, He gives the best. 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...
Page 103 - O thou whose power o'er moving worlds presides, Whose voice created, and whose wisdom guides, On darkling man in pure effulgence shine, And cheer the clouded mind with light divine. 'Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest: From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path, motive, guide, original, and end.
Page 210 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
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Page 49 - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy, yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
Page 65 - Garrick described her to me as very fat, with a bosom of more than ordinary protuberance, with swelled cheeks, of a florid red, produced by thick painting, and increased by the liberal use of cordials ; flaring and fantastic in her dress, and affected both in her speech and her general behaviour.
Page 40 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
Page 44 - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.