The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.H.C. Carey & I. Lea, 1825 |
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... degree at last by special fa- vour ; a term used in that university to denote want of merit . • Mr. Sheridan , in his life of Swift , observes , that this account was really written by the dean , and now exists in his own hand - writing ...
... degree at last by special fa- vour ; a term used in that university to denote want of merit . • Mr. Sheridan , in his life of Swift , observes , that this account was really written by the dean , and now exists in his own hand - writing ...
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... degree was conferred , left him no great fondness for the university of Dublin , and therefore he resolved to become a master of arts at Oxford . In the testimonial which he produced , the words of disgrace were omitted ; and he took ...
... degree was conferred , left him no great fondness for the university of Dublin , and therefore he resolved to become a master of arts at Oxford . In the testimonial which he produced , the words of disgrace were omitted ; and he took ...
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... degree the tories who supported him , but unwilling to make his reconcilement to the whigs utterly desperate , he corresponded at once with the two expectants of the crown , and kept , as has been observed , the succession undetermined ...
... degree the tories who supported him , but unwilling to make his reconcilement to the whigs utterly desperate , he corresponded at once with the two expectants of the crown , and kept , as has been observed , the succession undetermined ...
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... degree supported by the Clergy , who were not yet reconciled to the author of the " Tale of a Tub , " and would not without much discontent and indignation have borne to see him installed in an English cathedral . He refused , indeed ...
... degree supported by the Clergy , who were not yet reconciled to the author of the " Tale of a Tub , " and would not without much discontent and indignation have borne to see him installed in an English cathedral . He refused , indeed ...
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... degree , wrote letters , under the name of M. B. Dra- pier , to show the folly of receiving , and the mischief that must ensue by giving gold and silver for coin worth perhaps not a third part of its nominal value . The nation was ...
... degree , wrote letters , under the name of M. B. Dra- pier , to show the folly of receiving , and the mischief that must ensue by giving gold and silver for coin worth perhaps not a third part of its nominal value . The nation was ...
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Էջ 80 - Who but must laugh if such a man there be ? Who would not weep if Atticus were he?
Էջ 127 - Of manners gentle, of affections mild ; In wit, a man ; simplicity, a child ; With native humour tempering virtuous rage, Form'd to delight at once and lash the age : Above temptation in a low estate, And uncorrupted...
Էջ 123 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
Էջ 117 - To circumscribe poetry by a definition will only shew the narrowness of the definer, though a definition which shall exclude Pope will not easily be made. Let us look round upon the present time, and back upon the past; let us...
Էջ 160 - The latter part of his life cannot be remembered but with pity and sadness. He languished some years under that depression of mind which enchains the faculties without destroying them, and leaves reason the knowledge of right without the power of pursuing it. These clouds which he perceived gathering on his intellects, he endeavoured to disperse by travel, and passed into France : but found himself constrained to yield to his malady, and returned.
Էջ 165 - Whether to plant a walk in undulating curves, and to place a bench at every turn where there is an object to catch the view; to make water run where it will be heard, and to stagnate where it will be seen...
Էջ 50 - The wrath of Peleus' son, the direful spring Of all the Grecian woes, O Goddess, sing; That wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain. The stern Pelides...
Էջ 226 - Church-yard' abounds with images which find a mirror in every mind, and with sentiments to which every bosom returns an echo.
Էջ 221 - ... men are very prone to believe what they do not understand; fourthly, they will believe any thing at all, provided they are under no obligation to believe it...
Էջ 66 - This gave Mr. Pope the thought that he had now some opportunity of doing good, by detecting and dragging into light these common enemies of mankind; since, to invalidate this universal slander, it sufficed to show what contemptible men were the authors of it.