The works of Samuel Johnson, כרך 61824 |
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תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 51
עמוד 15
... supposed they would suppress any thing that was his , but out of respect to his memory , and for want of proper hands to finish what so great a genius had begun . SUCH is the declamation of Oldisworth , written while his admiration was ...
... supposed they would suppress any thing that was his , but out of respect to his memory , and for want of proper hands to finish what so great a genius had begun . SUCH is the declamation of Oldisworth , written while his admiration was ...
עמוד 22
... supposed to have been eagerly received ; but its progress was soon checked ; for ,. finding its way into the Journal of Trevaux , it fell under the eye of Atterbury , then an exile in France , who immediately denied the charge , with ...
... supposed to have been eagerly received ; but its progress was soon checked ; for ,. finding its way into the Journal of Trevaux , it fell under the eye of Atterbury , then an exile in France , who immediately denied the charge , with ...
עמוד 24
... supposed that he had great merit , who could obtain to the same play a pro- logue from Addison , and an epilogue from Prior ; and who could have at once the patronage of Ha- lifax , and the praise of Oldisworth . For the power of ...
... supposed that he had great merit , who could obtain to the same play a pro- logue from Addison , and an epilogue from Prior ; and who could have at once the patronage of Ha- lifax , and the praise of Oldisworth . For the power of ...
עמוד 31
... supposed to have concurred at least in the projection of The Examiner . His eyes were open to all the opera- tions of Whiggism ; and he bestowed some stric- tures upon Dr. Kennett's adulatory sermon at the funeral of the duke of ...
... supposed to have concurred at least in the projection of The Examiner . His eyes were open to all the opera- tions of Whiggism ; and he bestowed some stric- tures upon Dr. Kennett's adulatory sermon at the funeral of the duke of ...
עמוד 32
... supposed that his poems were rather the amusements of idle- ness than efforts of study ; that he endeavoured ra- ther to divert than astonish ; that his thoughts sel- dom aspired to sublimity ; and that , if his verse was easy and his ...
... supposed that his poems were rather the amusements of idle- ness than efforts of study ; that he endeavoured ra- ther to divert than astonish ; that his thoughts sel- dom aspired to sublimity ; and that , if his verse was easy and his ...
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acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared Cato censure character College Congreve considered contempt conversation court criticism death declared Dryden Duke Earl elegant endeavoured esteem excellence expence favour fortune friends genius Henry Sacheverell honour House of Hanover Iliad imagined Juba justly kind King William Kit-cat Club Lady letter likewise lived lord chamberlain Lord Tyrconnel mankind Matthew Prior ment mentioned merit Merton College mind nature neglect never observed obtained occasion once opinion passion performance perhaps Pharsalia play pleased pleasure poem poet poetical poetry Pope praise present Prior publick published Queen reason received regard remarkable Savage Savage's says seems seldom Sempronius sent shew shewn Sir Richard Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes Spence Steele sufficient supposed Syphax Tatler Theophilus Cibber ther thought Tickell tion told topicks tragedy Tyrconnel verses virtue Whig write written wrote
קטעים בולטים
עמוד 89 - 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. Howe'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 86 - Every reader of every party, since personal malice is past, and the papers which once inflamed the nation are read only as effusions of wit, must wish for more of the Whig Examiners ; for on no occasion was the genius of Addison more vigorously exerted, and on none did the superiority of his powers more evidently appear.
עמוד 95 - He taught us how to live ; and, oh ! too high The price of knowledge, taught us how to die.
עמוד 98 - was particular in this writer, that, when he had taken his resolution, or made his plan for what he designed to write, he would walk about a room, and dictate it into language, with as much freedom and ease as any one could write it down, and attend to the coherence and grammar of what he dictated.
עמוד 25 - At this man's table I enjoyed many cheerful and instructive hours, with companions such as are not often found — with one who has lengthened, and one who has gladdened life ; with Dr. James, whose skill in physic will be long remembered ; and with David Garrick, whom I hoped to have gratified with this character of our common friend. But what are the hopes of man ? I am disappointed by that stroke of death which has eclipsed the gaiety of nations, and impoverished the public stock of harmless pleasure.
עמוד 128 - His prose is the model of the middle style ; on grave subjects not formal, on light occasions not grovelling ; pure without scrupulosity, and exact without apparent elaboration ; always equable, and always easy, without glowing words or pointed sentences. Addison never deviates from his track to snatch a grace ; he seeks no ambitious ornaments, and tries no hazardous innovations.
עמוד 180 - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.
עמוד 185 - ... was made a poet not by necessity but inclination, and wrote not for a livelihood but for fame ; or, if he may tell his own motives, for a nobler purpose, to engage poetry in the cause of virtue. I believe it is peculiar to him, that his first public work was an heroic poem.
עמוד 74 - To teach the minuter decencies and inferior duties, to regulate the practice of daily conversation, to correct those depravities which are rather ridiculous than criminal, and remove those grievances which, if they produce no lasting calamities, impress hourly vexation...
עמוד 220 - He began on it ; and when first he mentioned it to Swift, the doctor did not much like the project. As he carried it on, he showed what he wrote to both of us, and we now and then gave a correction, or a word or two of advice ; but it was wholly of his own writing. — When it was done, neither of us thought it would succeed. We showed it to Congreve ; who, after reading it over, said, it would either take greatly, or be damned confoundedly.