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Page iv
... late period of his life , to whom he had alluded , under the name of Sedley , he said , that he had quite forgotten . See note on Idler , No. 36.—ED. ADVERTISEMENT . It may be asserted , without a partial iv PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS .
... late period of his life , to whom he had alluded , under the name of Sedley , he said , that he had quite forgotten . See note on Idler , No. 36.—ED. ADVERTISEMENT . It may be asserted , without a partial iv PREFATORY OBSERVATIONS .
Page vii
... Late in life , if any man praised a book in his presence , he was sure to ask , " Did you read it through ? " If the answer was in the affirmative , he did not seem willing to believe it . He continued at the university , till the want ...
... Late in life , if any man praised a book in his presence , he was sure to ask , " Did you read it through ? " If the answer was in the affirmative , he did not seem willing to believe it . He continued at the university , till the want ...
Page x
... late traveller , avers to be a downright falsehood . He says , a deep pool of water reaches to the very foot of the rock ; and , allowing that there was a seat or bench ( which there is not ) in the middle of the pool , it is absolutely ...
... late traveller , avers to be a downright falsehood . He says , a deep pool of water reaches to the very foot of the rock ; and , allowing that there was a seat or bench ( which there is not ) in the middle of the pool , it is absolutely ...
Page xii
... late elegant productions of bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson proposed to himself would , beyond all question , have been a valuable addition to the history of letters ; but his project failed . His next expedi- ent was to offer ...
... late elegant productions of bishop Lowth ? The history which Johnson proposed to himself would , beyond all question , have been a valuable addition to the history of letters ; but his project failed . His next expedi- ent was to offer ...
Page xv
... late hours , which followed him through life , was , perhaps , originally contracted in company with Savage . However that may be , their connexion was not of long duration . In the year 1738 , Savage was reduced to the last distress ...
... late hours , which followed him through life , was , perhaps , originally contracted in company with Savage . However that may be , their connexion was not of long duration . In the year 1738 , Savage was reduced to the last distress ...
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Page xxvi - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation, My Lord, Your Lordship's most humble Most obedient servant, SAM. JOHNSON.
Page lxvii - Ay, sir ; to be honest, as this world goes, is to be one man picked out of ten thousand. Pol. ' That's very true, my lord. Ham. For if the sun breed maggots in a dead dog, being a god kissing carrion — 'Have you a daughter ? Pol. I have, my lord. Ham. Let her not walk i' the sun : conception is a blessing ; but not as your daughter may conceive.
Page 5 - Speak thou, whose thoughts at humble peace repine, Shall Wolsey's wealth, with Wolsey's end, be thine? Or liv'st thou now, with safer pride content, The wisest justice on the banks of Trent? For, why did Wolsey, near the steeps of fate, On weak foundations raise th
Page 10 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear.
Page xlvi - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
Page 255 - This opinion, which perhaps, prevails, as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth : those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence; and some, who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears d.
Page 7 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Page xviii - ... 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 187 - The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes, was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, of which the summits overhang the middle part.
Page 8 - 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.