The life of Samuel Johnson. Copious notes by Malone, Zväzok 11821 |
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Strana xix
... style of dif- fidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of ...
... style of dif- fidence . But I confess , that I am so formed by nature and by habit , that to restrain the effusion of delight , on having obtained such fame , to me would be truly painful . Why then should I suppress it ? Why " out of ...
Strana 4
... style and sentiments , and the real importance of your materials , have the art ( which one would imagine no one could have missed ) , of - adding agreements to the most agreeable subject in the world , which is literary history ...
... style and sentiments , and the real importance of your materials , have the art ( which one would imagine no one could have missed ) , of - adding agreements to the most agreeable subject in the world , which is literary history ...
Strana 39
... style , and other excellencies of composition ; that the mind being thus engaged by an amusing variety of objects may not grow weary . " He communicated to me the following particulars upon the subject of his religious progress . " I ...
... style , and other excellencies of composition ; that the mind being thus engaged by an amusing variety of objects may not grow weary . " He communicated to me the following particulars upon the subject of his religious progress . " I ...
Strana 54
... style which marks his subsequent writings with such peculiar excellence ; with so happy an union of force , vivacity , and perspicuity . I have perused the book with this view , and have found that here , as I believe in every other ...
... style which marks his subsequent writings with such peculiar excellence ; with so happy an union of force , vivacity , and perspicuity . I have perused the book with this view , and have found that here , as I believe in every other ...
Strana 55
... style begins to appear ; and though use had not yet taught his wing a permanent and equable flight , there are parts of it which exhibit his best manner in full vigour . I had once the pleasure of examining it with Mr. Edmund Burke ...
... style begins to appear ; and though use had not yet taught his wing a permanent and equable flight , there are parts of it which exhibit his best manner in full vigour . I had once the pleasure of examining it with Mr. Edmund Burke ...
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Strana 177 - 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...
Strana xxxvi - After my death I wish no other herald, No other speaker of my living actions, To keep mine honour from corruption, But such an honest chronicler as Griffith.
Strana 206 - World' that two papers, in which my 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.
Strana 206 - ... Seven years, my Lord,' have now passed, since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. " The Shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a...
Strana 152 - 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...
Strana 157 - Somebody talked of happy moments for composition, and how a man can write at one time and not at another. "Nay," said Dr Johnson, "a man may write at any time if he will set himself doggedly to it.
Strana 44 - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.
Strana 300 - This Exhibition has filled the heads of the Artists and lovers of art. Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return.
Strana 63 - Yet I am of opinion, that the greatest abilities are not only not required for this office, but render a man less fit for it.
Strana xii - I have sometimes been obliged to run half over London, in order to fix a date correctly ; which, when I had accomplished, I well knew would obtain me no praise, though a failure would have been to my discredit.