The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.G. Walker, 1820 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 65
עמוד 11
... sometimes would create greater difficulties than he had reason to ap- prehend . Writing with ease , what ( as Mr Wycher- ley speaks ) may be easily written , moved his indigna- tion . When he was writing upon a subject , he would ...
... sometimes would create greater difficulties than he had reason to ap- prehend . Writing with ease , what ( as Mr Wycher- ley speaks ) may be easily written , moved his indigna- tion . When he was writing upon a subject , he would ...
עמוד 14
... sometimes spoiled an hour or two in good company . Where only for- tune is wanting to make a great name , that single exception can never pass upon the best judges and most equitable observers of mankind ; and when the time comes for ...
... sometimes spoiled an hour or two in good company . Where only for- tune is wanting to make a great name , that single exception can never pass upon the best judges and most equitable observers of mankind ; and when the time comes for ...
עמוד 35
... easy and his images familiar , he attained what he desired . His purpose is to be merry ; but perhaps , to enjoy his mirth , it may be sometimes necessary to think well of his opinions . SPRAT . THOMAS SPRAT was born in 1636 , at KING . 35.
... easy and his images familiar , he attained what he desired . His purpose is to be merry ; but perhaps , to enjoy his mirth , it may be sometimes necessary to think well of his opinions . SPRAT . THOMAS SPRAT was born in 1636 , at KING . 35.
עמוד 65
... sometimes supplied others ; he afforded help , but did not solicit it . As his studies necessarily made him acquainted with Shakespeare , and acquaintance produced venera- tion , he undertook ( 1709 ) an edition of his works , from ...
... sometimes supplied others ; he afforded help , but did not solicit it . As his studies necessarily made him acquainted with Shakespeare , and acquaintance produced venera- tion , he undertook ( 1709 ) an edition of his works , from ...
עמוד 68
... sometimes his ; for there were not wanting " malevolent people , and pretenders to poetry too , " that would now and then bark at his best per- " formances ; but he was conscious of his own genius , " and had so much good - nature as to ...
... sometimes his ; for there were not wanting " malevolent people , and pretenders to poetry too , " that would now and then bark at his best per- " formances ; but he was conscious of his own genius , " and had so much good - nature as to ...
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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...