The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: Essay on the life and genius of Dr. Johnson. PoemsT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... should be given ; and , if this be done with a strict regard to truth , a just esti- mate of Dr. Johnfon will afford a leffon per- haps haps as valuable as the moral doctrine that speaks with 2 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... should be given ; and , if this be done with a strict regard to truth , a just esti- mate of Dr. Johnfon will afford a leffon per- haps haps as valuable as the moral doctrine that speaks with 2 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
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... truth . In the prefent cafe , however , nothing needs to be difguifed , and exaggerated praife is unneceffary . It is an obfervation of the younger Pliny , in his Epiftle to his Friend of Tacitus , that history ought never to magnify ...
... truth . In the prefent cafe , however , nothing needs to be difguifed , and exaggerated praife is unneceffary . It is an obfervation of the younger Pliny , in his Epiftle to his Friend of Tacitus , that history ought never to magnify ...
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... truth fhall be the answer . The proprietors of Johnson's Works thought the life , which they prefixed to their former edition , too unwieldy for re- publication . The prodigious variety of foreign matter , introduced into that ...
... truth fhall be the answer . The proprietors of Johnson's Works thought the life , which they prefixed to their former edition , too unwieldy for re- publication . The prodigious variety of foreign matter , introduced into that ...
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... you , than affur- " ing you , that I am , with great truth , Sir , " Your faithful humble fervant , " Trentham , Aug. 1ft . " c 3 " GOWER . This This scheme mifcarried . There is reason to think , GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 37.
... you , than affur- " ing you , that I am , with great truth , Sir , " Your faithful humble fervant , " Trentham , Aug. 1ft . " c 3 " GOWER . This This scheme mifcarried . There is reason to think , GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 37.
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... truth . Johnson was never known to mention fuch an incident in his life ; and Mr. Steele ( late of the Treasury ) caused diligent fearch to be made at the proper offices , and no trace of fuch a proceeding could be found . In the same ...
... truth . Johnson was never known to mention fuch an incident in his life ; and Mr. Steele ( late of the Treasury ) caused diligent fearch to be made at the proper offices , and no trace of fuch a proceeding could be found . In the same ...
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Page 176 - 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.
Page 165 - But all whom hunger spares, with age decay: Here malice, rapine, accident, conspire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambush here relentless ruffians lay, And here the fell attorney prowls for prey; Here falling houses thunder on your head, And here a female atheist talks you dead.
Page 174 - Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee...
Page 57 - 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 174 - ... for thee; Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail. See nations slowly wise, and meanly just, To buried merit raise the tardy bust. If dreams yet flatter, once again attend, Hear Lydiat's life, and Galileo's end.
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Page 174 - scape, despis'd or aw'd, Rebellion's vengeful talons seize on Laud. From meaner minds, though smaller fines content The plunder'd palace, or sequester'd rent; Mark'd out by dangerous parts he meets the shock, And fatal Learning leads him to the block: Around his tomb let Art and Genius weep, But hear his death, ye blockheads, hear and sleep.
Page 172 - To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And Detestation rids th
Page 176 - ... which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord.
Page 174 - Ray, And pour on misty Doubt resistless Day ; Should no false Kindness lure to loose Delight, Nor Praise relax, nor Difficulty fright ; Should tempting...