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... present writer enjoyed the converfa- tion and friendship of that excellent man more than thirty years . He thought it an honour to be fo connected , and to this hour he reflects on his lofs with regret : but re- gret , he knows , has ...
... present writer enjoyed the converfa- tion and friendship of that excellent man more than thirty years . He thought it an honour to be fo connected , and to this hour he reflects on his lofs with regret : but re- gret , he knows , has ...
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... present writer ? Perhaps , what has not been attempted ; a fhort , yet full , a faithful , yet temperate , hiftory of Dr. Johnfon . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , September 7 , 1709 , O. S. * His father , Michael Johnfon , was a ...
... present writer ? Perhaps , what has not been attempted ; a fhort , yet full , a faithful , yet temperate , hiftory of Dr. Johnfon . SAMUEL JOHNSON was born at Lichfield , September 7 , 1709 , O. S. * His father , Michael Johnfon , was a ...
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... present . During the ardour of converfation Johnson remained filent . As foon as the warmth of praife fubfided , he opened with these words : " That fpeech I wrote in a garret in Exeter- " ftreet . " The company was struck with ...
... present . During the ardour of converfation Johnson remained filent . As foon as the warmth of praife fubfided , he opened with these words : " That fpeech I wrote in a garret in Exeter- " ftreet . " The company was struck with ...
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... in the present narrative . Every æra of John- fon's life is fixed by his writings . In 1744 , he published the life of Savage ; and then pro- projected a new edition of Shakspeare . As a prelude GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 47.
... in the present narrative . Every æra of John- fon's life is fixed by his writings . In 1744 , he published the life of Savage ; and then pro- projected a new edition of Shakspeare . As a prelude GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 47.
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... present writer was intimate with Garrick , and knew Johnson to be in distress , he asked the manager why he did not produce ano- ther tragedy for his Lichfield friend ? Gar- rick's anfwer was remarkable : " When " Johnson writes tragedy ...
... present writer was intimate with Garrick , and knew Johnson to be in distress , he asked the manager why he did not produce ano- ther tragedy for his Lichfield friend ? Gar- rick's anfwer was remarkable : " When " Johnson writes tragedy ...
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Page 75 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 77 - 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 21 - 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 ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Page 77 - ... 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. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron, which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 77 - Is not a patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help?
Page 57 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by 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 6 - What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such, a groaning nation's spoils are giv'n, When public crimes...
Page 20 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting...
Page 22 - 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 29 - Ah! let not censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.