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... hope you will burn this , " and pardon me for giving you so much trou- " ble about an impracticable thing ; but , if you think there is a probability of obtaining " the favour asked , I am sure your humanity D 2 GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 27.
... hope you will burn this , " and pardon me for giving you so much trou- " ble about an impracticable thing ; but , if you think there is a probability of obtaining " the favour asked , I am sure your humanity D 2 GENIUS OF DR . JOHNSON . 27.
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... hope it is no very cy- " nical asperity not to confess obligations where 66 no benefit has been received ; or to be un- " willing that the publick should consider me 66 as owing that to a patron , which Providence " has enabled me to do ...
... hope it is no very cy- " nical asperity not to confess obligations where 66 no benefit has been received ; or to be un- " willing that the publick should consider me 66 as owing that to a patron , which Providence " has enabled me to do ...
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Samuel Johnson. " 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 " and most obedient servant , " SAMUEL JOHNSON . " It is said ...
Samuel Johnson. " 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 " and most obedient servant , " SAMUEL JOHNSON . " It is said ...
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... hope ! I form a grand design ; Langour succeeds , and all my pow'rs decline . If Science open not her richest vein , Without materials all our toil is vain . A form to rugged stone when Phidias gives , Beneath his touch a new creation ...
... hope ! I form a grand design ; Langour succeeds , and all my pow'rs decline . If Science open not her richest vein , Without materials all our toil is vain . A form to rugged stone when Phidias gives , Beneath his touch a new creation ...
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... hope we shall be much together . " You must now be to me what you were be- " fore , and what dear Mr. Allen was besides . " He was taken unexpectedly away , but I think " he was a very good man . I have made very " little progress in ...
... hope we shall be much together . " You must now be to me what you were be- " fore , and what dear Mr. Allen was besides . " He was taken unexpectedly away , but I think " he was a very good man . I have made very " little progress in ...
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Page 166 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Page 167 - When Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakespeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: • Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Page 43 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Page 156 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Page 282 - Oft in danger, yet alive, We are come to thirty-five ; Long may better years arrive, Better years than thirty-five. Could philosophers contrive Life to stop at thirty-five, Time his hours should never drive O'er the bounds of thirty-five. High to soar, and deep to dive, Nature gives at thirty-five. Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five : For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five : He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five ; And all who wisely...
Page 34 - Johnson : one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well ; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Page 56 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Page 57 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Page 162 - Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground. His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew...
Page 157 - And crowds with crimes the records of mankind : For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws ; For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws ; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise.