Essays, Biographical, Critical, and Historical Illustrative of the Rambler, Adventurer, & Idler, and of the Various Periodical Papers Which, in Imitation of the Writings of Steele and Addison, Have Been Published Between the Close of the Eighth Volume of the Spectator, and the Commencement of the Year 1809, כרך 1W. Suttaby, 1809 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 47
עמוד iii
... POET , a BIBLIOGRA- PHER , a BIOGRAPHER , an ESSAYIST , a PHILOLOGER , a NOVELLIST , а COм- MENTATOR , à POLITICIAN , a TOUR- IST , a CRITIC , an EPISTOLARY WRI- TER , and a THEOLOGIAN , are dwelt upon at great length ; and , though the ...
... POET , a BIBLIOGRA- PHER , a BIOGRAPHER , an ESSAYIST , a PHILOLOGER , a NOVELLIST , а COм- MENTATOR , à POLITICIAN , a TOUR- IST , a CRITIC , an EPISTOLARY WRI- TER , and a THEOLOGIAN , are dwelt upon at great length ; and , though the ...
עמוד 30
... poet , an essayist , and an editor ; in the first of these departments he early published a pamphlet called the Cave of Poverty , and which Bond , in Nos . 23 and 25 of his Spectator , has loaded with ridiculous and hyperbolical praise ...
... poet , an essayist , and an editor ; in the first of these departments he early published a pamphlet called the Cave of Poverty , and which Bond , in Nos . 23 and 25 of his Spectator , has loaded with ridiculous and hyperbolical praise ...
עמוד 31
... poet , conferred an obligation of some weight upon the numerous admirers of the illustrious bard . It was in the year 1726 that he first entered upon the subject , by publishing a pamphlet entitled " Shakspeare Restored , " in which his ...
... poet , conferred an obligation of some weight upon the numerous admirers of the illustrious bard . It was in the year 1726 that he first entered upon the subject , by publishing a pamphlet entitled " Shakspeare Restored , " in which his ...
עמוד 52
... poet , however , that he was best known to his contemporaries ; and in this , more as a translator than an original writer ; his " Fall of Siam , " performed in 1716 , and his " Athelstan " in 1731 , are now forgotten ; but his ...
... poet , however , that he was best known to his contemporaries ; and in this , more as a translator than an original writer ; his " Fall of Siam , " performed in 1716 , and his " Athelstan " in 1731 , are now forgotten ; but his ...
עמוד 69
... Poet and his friend Bolingbroke , obtained an introduc- tion into the Dunciad . He was , however , not- withstanding this promotion , by no means devoid of ability , and had he abstained from party viru- lence , and personal allusion ...
... Poet and his friend Bolingbroke , obtained an introduc- tion into the Dunciad . He was , however , not- withstanding this promotion , by no means devoid of ability , and had he abstained from party viru- lence , and personal allusion ...
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Aaron Hill Addison admirable appeared beauty biographical booksellers Boswell Boswell's catalogue Cato's Letters celebrated character Cicero collection commenced composition contributed correct critical death defects degree diction Dictionary Dunciad edition elegant English English Language entituled essays excellence fame favour genius Gentleman's Magazine given honour humour Idler imagination imitation Isaac Bickerstaff Journal justly labour language Latin learning letter Lichfield likewise literary literature Lives London Lord Lord Chesterfield manner ment merit Milton mind moral nature never observes occasion occasionally octavo opinion original passage passion periodical papers perspicuous poem poetical poetry poets political Pope possess powers praise Preface printed production published racter Rambler Rasselas reader remarks Samuel Johnson satire satire of Juvenal says sentiments Shakspeare shew Sir John Hawkins soon specimens Spectator spirit Steele style taste Tatler thought tion translation volume writer written
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עמוד 337 - 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, "SAM JOHNSON.
עמוד 337 - 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; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself.
עמוד 307 - tis too horrible ! The weariest and most loathed worldly life, That age, ache, penury, and imprisonment Can lay on nature, is a paradise To what we fear of death.
עמוד 336 - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment...
עמוד 404 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short of hanging.
עמוד 336 - 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?
עמוד 464 - I will not undertake to maintain against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
עמוד 254 - I have laboured to refine our language to grammatical purity, and to clear it from colloquial barbarisms, licentious idioms, and irregular combinations. Something, perhaps, I have added to the elegance of its construction, and something to the harmony of its cadence.
עמוד 307 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods, or to reside In thrilling regions of thick-ribbed ice ; To be imprison'd in the viewless winds, And blown with restless violence round about The pendent world...
עמוד 338 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords.