Selections from the Works of Samuel JohnsonH. Holt, 1909 - 479 Seiten |
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... expected great discoveries in Irish an- tiquity , and large publications in the Irish language ; but the world still remains as it was , doubtful and ignorant . What the Irish language is in itself , and to 1 Life 2. 365 . 2 Life 1. 322 ...
... expected great discoveries in Irish an- tiquity , and large publications in the Irish language ; but the world still remains as it was , doubtful and ignorant . What the Irish language is in itself , and to 1 Life 2. 365 . 2 Life 1. 322 ...
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... expected . If we think that Burke , the statesman immersed in affairs , was therefore more trustworthy than the philosopher John- son , let us recall Burke's sudden and horrified revulsion at the overturning of order and government in ...
... expected . If we think that Burke , the statesman immersed in affairs , was therefore more trustworthy than the philosopher John- son , let us recall Burke's sudden and horrified revulsion at the overturning of order and government in ...
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... expected to imitate other satires of Juvenal , for he had them all in his head . ' · At a glance The Vanity of Human Wishes is seen to possess more weight and solemn dignity than London . It is a more serious performance . It contains ...
... expected to imitate other satires of Juvenal , for he had them all in his head . ' · At a glance The Vanity of Human Wishes is seen to possess more weight and solemn dignity than London . It is a more serious performance . It contains ...
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... expected to finish the enor- mous task in three years , and , after it was done , said that he had taken longer than was necessary . But it suffered many interruptions . During two of these years he wrote two essays a week of about ...
... expected to finish the enor- mous task in three years , and , after it was done , said that he had taken longer than was necessary . But it suffered many interruptions . During two of these years he wrote two essays a week of about ...
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... expected Dictionary for The World . Both were certain to offend Johnson by their tone and their in- decent allusion . I have sailed a long and painful voyage around the world of the English language ; and does he now send out two ...
... expected Dictionary for The World . Both were certain to offend Johnson by their tone and their in- decent allusion . I have sailed a long and painful voyage around the world of the English language ; and does he now send out two ...
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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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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 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 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 363 - 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.
Seite 409 - No man will be a sailor who has contrivance enough to get himself into a jail ; for being in a ship is being in a jail, with the chance of being drowned'.
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 23 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Seite 58 - I have protracted my work till most of those whom I wished to please have sunk into the grave, and success and miscarriage are empty sounds. I therefore dismiss it with frigid tranquillity, having little to fear or hope from censure or from praise.