The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Macmillan, 1922 - Authors, English |
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... passed much time in his early In most of them , he was in the company of 1698 ; and is the author of many Latin verse translations in the Gentleman's Magazine . One of them is a translation of ' My time , O ye Muses , was happily spent ...
... passed much time in his early In most of them , he was in the company of 1698 ; and is the author of many Latin verse translations in the Gentleman's Magazine . One of them is a translation of ' My time , O ye Muses , was happily spent ...
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... passed me , and complained that I lagged behind . I was not to be made the slave of caprice ; and I resolved to begin as I meant to end . I therefore pushed on briskly , till I was fairly out of her sight . The road lay between two ...
... passed me , and complained that I lagged behind . I was not to be made the slave of caprice ; and I resolved to begin as I meant to end . I therefore pushed on briskly , till I was fairly out of her sight . The road lay between two ...
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... passing on to Horace , & c . as shall seem most proper . " I know not well what books to direct you to , because you have not informed me what study you will apply yourself to . I believe it will be most for your advantage to apply ...
... passing on to Horace , & c . as shall seem most proper . " I know not well what books to direct you to , because you have not informed me what study you will apply yourself to . I believe it will be most for your advantage to apply ...
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... passed between the rival translators , in the newspapers of the day ; and the consequence was that they destroyed each other , for neither of them went on with the work . It is much to be regretted , that the able performance of that ...
... passed between the rival translators , in the newspapers of the day ; and the consequence was that they destroyed each other , for neither of them went on with the work . It is much to be regretted , that the able performance of that ...
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... passed for realities . He nevertheless agreed with me in thinking , that the Debates which he had framed were to be valued as ora- tions upon questions of public importance . They have accordingly been collected in volumes , properly ...
... passed for realities . He nevertheless agreed with me in thinking , that the Debates which he had framed were to be valued as ora- tions upon questions of public importance . They have accordingly been collected in volumes , properly ...
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Page 186 - 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,3 till I am known, and do not want it.
Page 187 - Having carried on my work thus far with so little obligation to any favourer of learning, I shall not be disappointed though I should conclude it, if less be possible, with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope, in which I once boasted myself with so much exultation. My Lord, your lordship's most humble, most obedient servant,
Page 186 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
Page 371 - Where Angels tremble while they gaze, He saw ; but blasted with excess of light. Closed his eyes in endless night. Behold, where Dryden's less presumptuous car, Wide o'er the fields of glory bear Two coursers of ethereal race, With necks in thunder clothed, and long-resounding pace.
Page 142 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Page 186 - ... 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. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...
Page 191 - Sir, he was a scoundrel, and a coward : a scoundrel for charging a blunderbuss against religion and morality ; a coward, because he had not resolution to fire it off himself, but left half a crown to a beggarly Scotchman to draw the trigger after his death...
Page 348 - Here lies our good Edmund, whose genius was such, We scarcely can praise it, or blame it too much; Who, born for the universe, narrow'd his mind, And to party gave up what was meant for mankind.
Page 401 - Sir, they may talk of the King as they will; but he is the finest gentleman I have ever seen.
Page 505 - Richardson used to say, that had he not known who Fielding was, he should have believed he was an ostler. Sir, there is more knowledge of the heart in one letter of Richardson's, than in all