Selections from the Works of Samuel JohnsonH. Holt, 1909 - 479 Seiten |
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... passion , it was a passion for biography . The biographical part of literature , he says , ' is what I love most . ' His reason almost goes without saying . ' I esteem biography as giving us what comes near to ourselves , what we can ...
... passion , it was a passion for biography . The biographical part of literature , he says , ' is what I love most . ' His reason almost goes without saying . ' I esteem biography as giving us what comes near to ourselves , what we can ...
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... passion . When the mean- ing is slight , and emotion is absent , the balance becomes absurdly disproportioned ; but where his words carry meaning and emotion enough to crush into confused ruin the syntax of an ordinary man , his balance ...
... passion . When the mean- ing is slight , and emotion is absent , the balance becomes absurdly disproportioned ; but where his words carry meaning and emotion enough to crush into confused ruin the syntax of an ordinary man , his balance ...
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... passion . Out of his struggles , his defeats , his sorrows , his contrition , his hatred of sophistry and sham , his tender concern for all human misery - out of these came the emotion that permeates his style and raises it to its ...
... passion . Out of his struggles , his defeats , his sorrows , his contrition , his hatred of sophistry and sham , his tender concern for all human misery - out of these came the emotion that permeates his style and raises it to its ...
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... passion of curiosity . He says : Curiosity is , in great and generous minds , the first passion and the last ; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative faculties . ' ' It was curiosity that ...
... passion of curiosity . He says : Curiosity is , in great and generous minds , the first passion and the last ; and perhaps always predominates in proportion to the strength of the contemplative faculties . ' ' It was curiosity that ...
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... passions till they make his will . Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade , Lay siege to life , and press the dire blockade ; But unextinguish'd Av'rice still remains , And dreaded losses aggravate his pains ; 280 285 He turns , with ...
... passions till they make his will . Unnumber'd maladies his joints invade , Lay siege to life , and press the dire blockade ; But unextinguish'd Av'rice still remains , And dreaded losses aggravate his pains ; 280 285 He turns , with ...
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Seite 26 - 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 favor. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Seite 17 - 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 pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Seite 27 - 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.
Seite 396 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Seite 27 - 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 ? 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.
Seite 16 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride? How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
Seite 434 - 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.
Seite 471 - Inspired repulsed battalions to engage, And taught the doubtful battle where to rage. So when an angel by divine command With rising tempests shakes a guilty land, Such as of late o'er pale Britannia past, Calm and serene he drives the furious blast ; And, pleased the Almighty's orders to perform, Rides in the whirlwind, and directs the storm.
Seite 26 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.