The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson [by Arthur Murphy]. Poems, and talesW. Pickering, 1825 |
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Page xiv
... happy period . It was offered to Fleetwood , and rejected . John- son looked round him for employment . Having , while he re- mained in the country , corresponded with Cave , under a feigned name , he now thought it time to make himself ...
... happy period . It was offered to Fleetwood , and rejected . John- son looked round him for employment . Having , while he re- mained in the country , corresponded with Cave , under a feigned name , he now thought it time to make himself ...
Page xvi
... happy for life , by not being a master of arts , which , by the statutes of the school , the master of it must be . Now these gentlemen do me the honour to think , that I have interest enough in you , to prevail upon you to xvi AN ESSAY ...
... happy for life , by not being a master of arts , which , by the statutes of the school , the master of it must be . Now these gentlemen do me the honour to think , that I have interest enough in you , to prevail upon you to xvi AN ESSAY ...
Page xxxvii
... happy day that brought you first to my house . " After this first visit , the author of this narrative , by degrees , grew intimate with Dr. Johnson . The first striking sentence , that he heard from him , was in a few days after the ...
... happy day that brought you first to my house . " After this first visit , the author of this narrative , by degrees , grew intimate with Dr. Johnson . The first striking sentence , that he heard from him , was in a few days after the ...
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... happy incident in his life . He went , without delay , to the chambers , in the Inner Temple lane , which , in fact , were the abode of wretchedness . By slow and studied approaches the message was disclosed . Johnson made a long pause ...
... happy incident in his life . He went , without delay , to the chambers , in the Inner Temple lane , which , in fact , were the abode of wretchedness . By slow and studied approaches the message was disclosed . Johnson made a long pause ...
Page xlv
... happy in a state of independence , Johnson gained , in the year 1765 , another resource , which contributed , more than any thing else , to exempt him from the solicitudes of life . He was introduced to the late Mr. Thrale and his ...
... happy in a state of independence , Johnson gained , in the year 1765 , another resource , which contributed , more than any thing else , to exempt him from the solicitudes of life . He was introduced to the late Mr. Thrale and his ...
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Page xxxv - 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? 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 18 - Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. 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 destin'd 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 xxxv - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address, and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
Page xxxv - Seven years, My Lord, have now passed since 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.
Page 17 - 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 xxvi - ... 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 127 - In life can love be bought with gold ? Are friendship's pleasures to be sold ? No — all that's worth a wish — a thought, Fair virtue gives unbrib'd, unbought. Cease then on trash thy hopes to bind, Let nobler views engage thy mind. With science tread the wond'rous way, Or learn the Muses...
Page 222 - He must divest himself of the prejudices of his age or country ; he must consider right and wrong in their abstracted and invariable state ; he must disregard present laws and opinions, and rise to general and transcendental truths, which will always be the same...
Page 7 - By numbers here from shame or censure free All crimes are safe, but hated poverty. This, only this, the rigid law pursues ; This, only this, provokes the snarling muse. The sober trader at a tatter'd cloak Wakes from his dream, and labours for a joke; With brisker air the silken courtiers gaze, And turn the varied taunt a thousand ways...
Page lxxvii - 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.