The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Luke Hansard, 1806 |
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Page 89
... plays , writhing and unboning their clergy limbs to all the an- tick and difboneft geftures of Trincalos * , buffoons , and bawds , proftituting the shame of that miniftry which they had , or were near having , to the eyes of courtiers ...
... plays , writhing and unboning their clergy limbs to all the an- tick and difboneft geftures of Trincalos * , buffoons , and bawds , proftituting the shame of that miniftry which they had , or were near having , to the eyes of courtiers ...
Page 129
... played upon an organ . He was now confeffedly and vifibly employed upon his poem , of which the progrefs might be noted by those with whom he was familiar ; for he was obliged , when he had compofed as many lines as his memory would ...
... played upon an organ . He was now confeffedly and vifibly employed upon his poem , of which the progrefs might be noted by those with whom he was familiar ; for he was obliged , when he had compofed as many lines as his memory would ...
Page 144
... played on the organ , and fang , or heard another fing ; then studied to fix ; then enter- tained his visitors till eight ; then fupped , and , after a pipe of tobacco and a glass of water , went to bed . So is his life defcribed : but ...
... played on the organ , and fang , or heard another fing ; then studied to fix ; then enter- tained his visitors till eight ; then fupped , and , after a pipe of tobacco and a glass of water , went to bed . So is his life defcribed : but ...
Page 150
... played for her benefit . She had fo little acquaintance with diver- fion or gaiety , that he did not know what was intended when a benefit was offered her . The profits of the night were only one hundred and thirty pounds , though Dr ...
... played for her benefit . She had fo little acquaintance with diver- fion or gaiety , that he did not know what was intended when a benefit was offered her . The profits of the night were only one hundred and thirty pounds , though Dr ...
Page 155
... - tant ; thus he purfues real gaiety through a day of labour or of play , and delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives of fuperftitious igno- rance . The The penfive man , at one time , walks unseen MILTON . 155.
... - tant ; thus he purfues real gaiety through a day of labour or of play , and delights himself at night with the fanciful narratives of fuperftitious igno- rance . The The penfive man , at one time , walks unseen MILTON . 155.
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Page 100 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 394 - They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled : every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place. Nothing is cold or languid : the whole is airy, animated, and vigorous; what is little, is gay ; what is great, is splendid.
Page 77 - Damn with faint praise, assent with civil leer, And without sneering, teach the rest to sneer; Willing to wound and yet afraid to strike, Just hint a fault and hesitate dislike; Alike...
Page 19 - If the father of criticism has rightly denominated poetry, an imitative art, these writers will, without great wrong, lose their right to the name of poets for they cannot be said to have imitated any thing; they neither copied nature nor life; neither painted the forms of matter, nor represented the operations of intellect.
Page 275 - The topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression.
Page 28 - On a round ball A workman that hath copies by, can lay An Europe, Afric, and an Asia, And quickly make that, which was nothing, all, So doth each tear, Which thee doth wear, A globe, yea world by that impression grow, Till thy tears mixt with mine do overflow This world, by waters sent from thee, my heaven dissolved so.
Page 387 - To judge rightly of an author, we must transport ourselves to his time, and examine what were the wants of his contemporaries, and what were his means of supplying them.
Page 159 - The song of Comus has airiness and jollity ; but, what may recommend Milton's morals as well as his poetry, the invitations to pleasure are so general, that they excite no distinct images of corrupt enjoyment, and take no dangerous hold on the fancy.
Page 417 - From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : When Nature underneath a heap of jarring atoms lay, And could not heave her head, The tuneful voice was heard from high. Arise ye more than dead. Then cold and hot, and moist and dry, In order to their stations leap, And music's power obey. From harmony, from heavenly harmony, This universal frame began : From harmony to harmony Through all the compass of the notes it ran, The diapason closing full in man.
Page 276 - Whatever is great, desirable, or tremendous, is comprised in the name of the Supreme Being. Omnipotence cannot be exalted ; infinity cannot be amplified ; perfection cannot be improved.