The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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Side 39
... instruction of fo fmall a number of scholars as were under his care , left him at leifure to purfue his private D4 private studies and amusements , which , for the most DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 39 of turning out a fine tragedy-writer; and...
... instruction of fo fmall a number of scholars as were under his care , left him at leifure to purfue his private D4 private studies and amusements , which , for the most DR . SAMUEL JOHNSON . 39 of turning out a fine tragedy-writer; and...
Side 82
... instruct . History of the Heathen Mythology , with an explication of the fables , both allegorical and hiftorical , with references to the poets . History of the State of Venice , in a conpendious manner . Ariftotle's Ethics , an ...
... instruct . History of the Heathen Mythology , with an explication of the fables , both allegorical and hiftorical , with references to the poets . History of the State of Venice , in a conpendious manner . Ariftotle's Ethics , an ...
Side 182
... instructions he esti- mates at a higher rate than the precepts of Aristotle * . He recommends to form his manners les agrémens et les graces , les manieres , la tournure , et les usages du beau monde ; and is perpetually reminding him ...
... instructions he esti- mates at a higher rate than the precepts of Aristotle * . He recommends to form his manners les agrémens et les graces , les manieres , la tournure , et les usages du beau monde ; and is perpetually reminding him ...
Side 272
... instruction a substitute for amusement ! Nor can this defect , if it be any , be deemed a devia- tion from Johnson's original purpose , which was not fo much to inftruct young perfons of both fexes in the manners of the town , as in ...
... instruction a substitute for amusement ! Nor can this defect , if it be any , be deemed a devia- tion from Johnson's original purpose , which was not fo much to inftruct young perfons of both fexes in the manners of the town , as in ...
Side 370
... instruct , to reflect that the peril he defcribes he believed impending over him . That he was confcious of fuperior talents will furely not be imputed to vanity : how deeply then muft he have been depreffed by the conftant fear that in ...
... instruct , to reflect that the peril he defcribes he believed impending over him . That he was confcious of fuperior talents will furely not be imputed to vanity : how deeply then muft he have been depreffed by the conftant fear that in ...
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Side 350 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Side 127 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Side 490 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Side 521 - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Side 438 - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
Side 363 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Side 186 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
Side 198 - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
Side 292 - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Side 287 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.