The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.G. Walker, 1820 |
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עמוד 9
... allowed , that he had been singled out by some great men to write a history , which it was for their interest to have done with the utmost art and dexterity . I shall not mention for what rea- sons this design was dropped , though they ...
... allowed , that he had been singled out by some great men to write a history , which it was for their interest to have done with the utmost art and dexterity . I shall not mention for what rea- sons this design was dropped , though they ...
עמוד 91
... allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as Mrs Porter long afterwards related , wandered through the whole ex- hibition behind the scenes with restless and unap- peasable solicitude . When it was printed , notice was given that ...
... allowed to any drama before ; and the author , as Mrs Porter long afterwards related , wandered through the whole ex- hibition behind the scenes with restless and unap- peasable solicitude . When it was printed , notice was given that ...
עמוד 148
... allowed . He had a quarrel with the Earl of Rochester , which he has perhaps too ostentatiously related , as Rochester's sur- viving sister , the Lady Sandwich , is said to have told him with very sharp reproaches . When another Dutch ...
... allowed . He had a quarrel with the Earl of Rochester , which he has perhaps too ostentatiously related , as Rochester's sur- viving sister , the Lady Sandwich , is said to have told him with very sharp reproaches . When another Dutch ...
עמוד 186
... they were afterwards so well persuaded of its excellence , that , for half a year be- fore it was acted , the manager allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer 186 CONGREVE .
... they were afterwards so well persuaded of its excellence , that , for half a year be- fore it was acted , the manager allowed its author the privilege of the house . Few plays have ever been so beneficial to the writer 186 CONGREVE .
עמוד 221
... allowed to be diffi- cult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often reasons poetically ; and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength , and ease with close- ness . This is a skill which Pope might have conde ...
... allowed to be diffi- cult ; but Blackmore not only reasons in verse , but very often reasons poetically ; and finds the art of uniting ornament with strength , and ease with close- ness . This is a skill which Pope might have conde ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared battle of Ramillies Beggar's Opera Cato censure character Congreve considered contempt court criticism death declared delight Dryden Duke Earl easily elegance endeavoured esteem excellence favour fortune friends genius honour Iliad imagination imitation Juba justly kind King William Kit-cat Club Lady likewise lines lived lord chamberlain Lord Halifax Lord Tyrconnel Matthew Prior ment mentioned merit mind nature neglect ness never observed obtained occasion once opinion panegyric passion performance perhaps Pindaric play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope pounds praise Prior published Queen Queen Anne reason received remarkable reputation resentment Savage Savage's says seems seldom Sempronius sent sentiments shew shewn Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes Steele suffered supposed Syphax Tatler thought Tickell tion told tragedy verses virtue Whig write written wrote
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עמוד 112 - To bridle a goddess is no very delicate idea ; but why must she be bridled'? because she longs to launch ; an act which was never hindered by a bridle : and whither will she launch ? into a nobler strain.
עמוד 47 - THE Life of Dr. PARNELL is a task which I should very willingly decline, since it has been lately written by Goldsmith, a man of such variety of powers, and such felicity of performance, that he always seemed to do best that which he was doing ; a man who had the art of being minute without tediousness, and general without confusion ; whose language was copious without exuberance, exact without constraint, and easy without weakness.
עמוד 296 - Performance, he was without Lodging, and often without Meat ; nor had he any other Conveniences for Study than the Fields or the Streets allowed him, there he used to walk and form his Speeches, and afterwards step into a Shop, beg for a few Moments the Use of the Pen and Ink, and write down what he had composed upon Paper which he had picked up by Accident.
עמוד 268 - ... the matter; and that he had never heard a single word of it till on this occasion. This surprise of dr. Young, together with what Steele has said against Tickell in relation to this affair, make it highly probable that there was some underhand dealing in that business; and indeed Tickell himself, who is a very fair worthy man, has since, in a manner, as good as owned it to me.
עמוד 101 - History may be formed from permanent monuments and records ; but Lives can only be written from personal knowledge, which is growing every day less, and in a short time is lost for ever. What is known can seldom be immediately told; and when it might be told, it is no longer known. The delicate features of the mind, the nice discriminations of character, and the minute peculiarities of conduct, are soon obliterated...
עמוד 24 - Of Gilbert Walmsley, thus presented to my mind, let me indulge myself in the remembrance. I knew him very early; he was one of the first friends that literature procured me, and I hope that at least my gratitude made me worthy of his notice. He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy ; yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevojence of his party; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart.
עמוד 138 - What he attempted, he performed ; he is never feeble, and he did not wish to be energetic ; he is never rapid, and he never stagnates. His sentences have neither studied amplitude, nor affected brevity : his periods, though not diligently rounded, are voluble and easy. Whoever wishes to attain an English style, familiar but not coarse, and elegant but not ostentatious, must give his days and nights to the volumes of Addison.
עמוד 138 - It was apparently his principal endeavour to avoid all harshness and severity of diction ; he is therefore sometimes verbose in his transitions and connections, and sometimes descends too much to the language of conversation ; yet if his language had been less idiomatical, it might have lost somewhat of its genuine Anglicism.
עמוד 97 - The marriage, if uncontradicted report can be credited, made no addition to his happiness : it neither found them nor made them equal. She always remembered her own rank, and thought herself entitled to treat with very little ceremony the tutor of her son. Rowe's ballad of The Despairing Shepherd is said to have been written, either before or after marriage, upon this memorable pair; and it is certain that Addison has left behind him no encouragement for ambitious love.
עמוד 136 - o'ersteps the modesty of nature," nor raises merriment or wonder by the violation of truth. His figures neither divert by distortion nor amaze by aggravation. He copies life with so much fidelity that he can...