Selections from the Works of Samuel JohnsonH. Holt, 1909 - 479 Seiten |
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... success ; the struggle to free oneself from servility to rich patrons , or from slavish thirst for popularity ; a manly and independent front to the enemy in the fight of life ; courage , especially in defeat , disappoint- ment ...
... success ; the struggle to free oneself from servility to rich patrons , or from slavish thirst for popularity ; a manly and independent front to the enemy in the fight of life ; courage , especially in defeat , disappoint- ment ...
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... success . ' Nearly twenty - five years earlier he had writ- ten to the Irish antiquary , O'Connor : ' I have long wished that the Irish literature were cultivated . Ireland is known by tradition to have been once the seat of piety and ...
... success . ' Nearly twenty - five years earlier he had writ- ten to the Irish antiquary , O'Connor : ' I have long wished that the Irish literature were cultivated . Ireland is known by tradition to have been once the seat of piety and ...
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... success . He appreciated the acting of comedy more than of tragedy . Familiar comedy , ' he wrote , ' is often more powerful on the theatre than in the page ; imperial tragedy is always less . ' Per- 2 Preface to Shakespeare . 1 Idler ...
... success . He appreciated the acting of comedy more than of tragedy . Familiar comedy , ' he wrote , ' is often more powerful on the theatre than in the page ; imperial tragedy is always less . ' Per- 2 Preface to Shakespeare . 1 Idler ...
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... success to either party . . . . It is only the quarrel of two robbers for the spoil of a passenger . ' In 1769 he said of the Americans : ' Sir , they are a race of convicts , and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short ...
... success to either party . . . . It is only the quarrel of two robbers for the spoil of a passenger . ' In 1769 he said of the Americans : ' Sir , they are a race of convicts , and ought to be thankful for any thing we allow them short ...
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... success would have been without applause , and diligence with- out reward . Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dic- tionaries ; whom mankind have considered , not as the 10 pupil , but the slave of science , the pioneer of ...
... success would have been without applause , and diligence with- out reward . Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dic- tionaries ; whom mankind have considered , not as the 10 pupil , but the slave of science , the pioneer of ...
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SELECTIONS FROM THE WORKS OF S Samuel 1709-1784 Johnson,Charles Grosvenor 1871-1964 Osgood Keine Leseprobe verfügbar - 2016 |
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acquaintance Addison afterwards appeared Ashbourne blank verse Boswell Cato censure character Chesterfield considered contempt criticism danger dear death declared desire Dictionary distress Dryden effect elegance endeavored English essays expected favor fortune friends friendship genius Gentleman's Magazine Georgic guineas happiness honor hope imagination JAMES BOSWELL Johnson kind knowledge labor language learning letter Lichfield literary live London Lord Tyrconnel mankind ment merit mind misery mother nature neglect ness never obliged observed once opinion panegyric passions pension performance perhaps pleased pleasure poem poet poetical justice poetry Pope praise present queen Rambler Rasselas reason received regard retired Richard Savage Savage Savage's says seldom sentiments Sir Joshua Reynolds Sir Robert Walpole solicited sometimes Spectator Steele suffered Tatler tenderness things thought Thrale tion tragedy vanity verses virtue Whig Whiggism words write written wrote
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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.