Lives of men of letters and science who flourished in the time of George iii, Volume 2; Volume 123 |
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... severe of the criticisms which have appeared of these two Lives , I have to acknowledge the very courteous and even friendly style of the learned and ingenious author , controversial matter . But I venture to advise the reader.
... severe of the criticisms which have appeared of these two Lives , I have to acknowledge the very courteous and even friendly style of the learned and ingenious author , controversial matter . But I venture to advise the reader.
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... learned words prevailed throughout ; and a fondness for balanced periods was its special characteristic . But there was often great felicity in the expression , occasionally a pleasing cadence in the rhythm , generally an epigrammatic ...
... learned words prevailed throughout ; and a fondness for balanced periods was its special characteristic . But there was often great felicity in the expression , occasionally a pleasing cadence in the rhythm , generally an epigrammatic ...
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... must certainly be placed at the head of all his writings . The criticisms on Cowley's various poems are equally to be admired . Nothing can be more discriminating , more learned , more judicious . Nor can we , when 68 JOHNSON .
... must certainly be placed at the head of all his writings . The criticisms on Cowley's various poems are equally to be admired . Nothing can be more discriminating , more learned , more judicious . Nor can we , when 68 JOHNSON .
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Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) learned , more judicious . Nor can we , when hurried on by admiration of so much excellence and such just remarks , pause upon the strange error with which the life of a metaphysical ...
Henry Peter Brougham (1st baron Brougham and Vaux.) learned , more judicious . Nor can we , when hurried on by admiration of so much excellence and such just remarks , pause upon the strange error with which the life of a metaphysical ...
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... learned friend Mr. Croker , is a valuable accession to literature , and the well known accuracy of that gentleman gives importance to his labours . I have mentioned one instance of his having been misled by the narrative of Sir Walter ...
... learned friend Mr. Croker , is a valuable accession to literature , and the well known accuracy of that gentleman gives importance to his labours . I have mentioned one instance of his having been misled by the narrative of Sir Walter ...
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Page 292 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Page 19 - 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 272 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition, that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance, of which a school-boy would have been ashamed.
Page 64 - 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. Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from...
Page 58 - What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be applied by an easy metaphor to English poetry embellished by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit." He found it brick and he left it marble.
Page 278 - But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps; Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain.
Page 46 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful 'for anything we allow them short of hanging.
Page 292 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Page 414 - D'Alembert, was the Precession of the equinoxes and the Nutation of the earth's axis, according to the theory of gravitation.
Page 294 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood.