The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Luke Hansard, 1806 |
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Page iv
... considered that he not only possessed the germ of high talents , but that , by his bodily defects , he was in some degree cut off from the amusements of youth ; and , in ad- dition to this , that he was totally destitute of that great ...
... considered that he not only possessed the germ of high talents , but that , by his bodily defects , he was in some degree cut off from the amusements of youth ; and , in ad- dition to this , that he was totally destitute of that great ...
Page vii
... considered poverty as disgraceful . A pair of new shoes , of which he was notoriously in want , were at one time placed at the door of his apartment ; but on discovering this act of charity , he cast them away with indignation . He ...
... considered poverty as disgraceful . A pair of new shoes , of which he was notoriously in want , were at one time placed at the door of his apartment ; but on discovering this act of charity , he cast them away with indignation . He ...
Page ix
... considered as his first literary work , being a translation from the French of a Voyage to Abyssinia , written by Je- rome Lobo , a Portuguese missionary , who travelled to the source of that branch of the Nile ( the shortest branch ) ...
... considered as his first literary work , being a translation from the French of a Voyage to Abyssinia , written by Je- rome Lobo , a Portuguese missionary , who travelled to the source of that branch of the Nile ( the shortest branch ) ...
Page xiii
... considered by some of his friends as affected with the distemper called St Vitus's dance ; but Sir Joshua Reynolds was of a different • pinion , and gave the following account of the mat- ter in a letter to Mr Boswell : " Those motions ...
... considered by some of his friends as affected with the distemper called St Vitus's dance ; but Sir Joshua Reynolds was of a different • pinion , and gave the following account of the mat- ter in a letter to Mr Boswell : " Those motions ...
Page xiv
... considered as the disease of his mind , which 66 " nothing cured but company . One instance " of his absence , and particularly as it is charac- " teristic of the man , may be worth relating . " When he and I took a journey together ...
... considered as the disease of his mind , which 66 " nothing cured but company . One instance " of his absence , and particularly as it is charac- " teristic of the man , may be worth relating . " When he and I took a journey together ...
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Page xxxi - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Page xxxii - I waited in your outward rooms or was repulsed from your door, during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Page 20 - Proceed, illustrious youth, And Virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth ! Yet should thy soul indulge the gen'rous heat Till captive Science yields her last retreat; Should Reason guide thee with her brightest ray, And pour on misty doubt resistless day; Should no false kindness lure to loose delight, Nor praise relax, nor difficulty fright; Should tempting Novelty thy cell refrain, And Sloth effuse her opiate fumes in vain; Should Beauty blunt on fops her fatal dart, Nor claim the triumph of a...
Page 15 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page xxxiv - A hateful tax levied upon commodities, and adjudged not by the common judges of property, but wretches hired by those to whom excise is paid.
Page 23 - ... prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o'er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy; In vain their gifts the bounteous seasons pour, The fruit autumnal, and the vernal flow'r...
Page lix - MACPHERSON, — I received your foolish and impudent letter. Any violence offered me I shall do my best to repel; and what I cannot do for myself, the law shall do for me. I hope I shall never be deterred from detecting what I think a cheat, by the menaces of a ruffian.
Page 21 - The march begins, in military state, And nations on his eye suspended wait; Stern Famine guards the solitary coast, And Winter barricades the realms of Frost; He comes...
Page xlix - During the whole of this interview, Johnson talked to his Majesty with profound respect, but still in his firm manly manner, with a sonorous voice, and never in that subdued tone which is commonly used at the levee and in the drawing room.
Page 21 - The ravish'd standard, and the captive foe, The senate's thanks, the gazette's pompous tale, With force resistless o'er the brave prevail. Such bribes the rapid Greek o'er Asia whirl'd, For...