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... never to magnify matters of fact , be- caufe worthy actions require nothing but the truth . Nam nec hiftoria debet egredi ve- ritatem , et honefte factis veritas fufficit . This rule the present biographer promises shall guide his pen ...
... never to magnify matters of fact , be- caufe worthy actions require nothing but the truth . Nam nec hiftoria debet egredi ve- ritatem , et honefte factis veritas fufficit . This rule the present biographer promises shall guide his pen ...
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... never thrown or conquered . Michael , the father , died De- cember 1731 , at the age of feventy - fix ; his mother at eighty - nine , of a gradual decay , in the year 1759. Of the family nothing more can be related worthy of notice ...
... never thrown or conquered . Michael , the father , died De- cember 1731 , at the age of feventy - fix ; his mother at eighty - nine , of a gradual decay , in the year 1759. Of the family nothing more can be related worthy of notice ...
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... never wished for ; while the man of general knowledge can often benefit , and always " pleafe . " The advice Johnson seems to have purfued with a good , inclination . His reading was always defultory , feldom refting on any particular ...
... never wished for ; while the man of general knowledge can often benefit , and always " pleafe . " The advice Johnson seems to have purfued with a good , inclination . His reading was always defultory , feldom refting on any particular ...
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... never speak ill " of any one ' ? " On Johnson's return from Cornelius Ford , Mr. Hunter , then master of the Free - fchool at Lichfield , refused to receive him again on that foundation . At this distance of time , what his reasons were ...
... never speak ill " of any one ' ? " On Johnson's return from Cornelius Ford , Mr. Hunter , then master of the Free - fchool at Lichfield , refused to receive him again on that foundation . At this distance of time , what his reasons were ...
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... never met with in the fame region . Lobo never faw fnow in Abyffinia , except on Mount SEMEN in the kingdom of TIGRE , very remote from the Nile ; and on NA- MARA , which is , indeed , not far diftant , but where there never falls fnow ...
... never met with in the fame region . Lobo never faw fnow in Abyffinia , except on Mount SEMEN in the kingdom of TIGRE , very remote from the Nile ; and on NA- MARA , which is , indeed , not far diftant , but where there never falls fnow ...
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ABDALLA Addiſon affift Afpafia againſt ASPASIA Baffa beauty beſt bofom breaſt CALI CARAZA cauſe charms cloſe courſe death DEMETRIUS effays eſtabliſhed ev'ry eyes faid fame fate fatire fays fcorn fecret fecula fhade fhall fhews fhine fince firſt flaves fmile fome foon foul fpirit friendſhip ftill fubject fuch Garrick greatneſs Greece happineſs HASAN Heav'n himſelf hiſtory honour hope houſe IRENE Irene's Johnſon juft juftice labours laft laſt leaſt LEONTIUS Lichfield Lord MAHOMET mihi mind moſt Muft muſt MUSTAPHA nunc o'er obferved occafion paffion pleaſe pleaſure pow'r praiſe preſent publiſhed purpoſe purſue quæ quod rage reaſon rife SAMUEL JOHNSON SATIRE OF JUVENAL ſay SCENE ſcenes ſeems ſhall ſhare ſhould Sir John Hawkins ſpread ſtate ſtill Sultan thee theſe thine thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tibi tion tranflation uſe virtue vitæ whofe whoſe wiſdom wiſh
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Seite 75 - 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.
Seite 17 - And scarce a sycophant was fed by pride; Where ne'er was known the form of mock debate, Or seen a new-made mayor's unwieldy state; Where change of fav'rites made no change of laws, And senates heard before they judg'da cause; How wouldst thou shake at Britain's modish tribe, Dart the quick taunt, and edge the piercing gibe?
Seite 18 - And smok'd in kitchens, or in auctions sold, To better features yields the frame of gold; For now no more we trace in ev'ry line Heroic worth, benevolence divine: The form distorted justifies the fall, And detestation rids th
Seite 77 - 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 77 - ... 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 77 - 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?
Seite 76 - 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.
Seite 22 - 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 76 - 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.
Seite 6 - What check restrain your thirst of pow'r and gold ? Behold rebellious virtue quite o'erthrown, Behold our fame, our wealth, our lives your own. To such, a groaning nation's spoils are giv'n, When public crimes...