Johnson. Select works, ed. with intr. and notes by A. Milnes. Lives of Dryden and Pope, and Rasselas1879 |
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... line of demarcation between Faith and Fatalism is ever apt to become vague and shadowy to a feeble intellect or a feeble courage ; but Johnson's was a nature , rugged it is true , but essentially strong . Of all bold thinkers he is ...
... line of demarcation between Faith and Fatalism is ever apt to become vague and shadowy to a feeble intellect or a feeble courage ; but Johnson's was a nature , rugged it is true , but essentially strong . Of all bold thinkers he is ...
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... line with line that the merit of great works is to be estimated , but by their general effects and ultimate result . It is easy to note a weak line , and to write one more vigorous in its place ; to find a happiness of expression in the ...
... line with line that the merit of great works is to be estimated , but by their general effects and ultimate result . It is easy to note a weak line , and to write one more vigorous in its place ; to find a happiness of expression in the ...
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... lines . With shrewd penetration we are warned against judging too harshly of the apparent hypocrisy of private letters : and again , with even greater acuteness , against crediting a man's over - earnest or over - frequent protestations ...
... lines . With shrewd penetration we are warned against judging too harshly of the apparent hypocrisy of private letters : and again , with even greater acuteness , against crediting a man's over - earnest or over - frequent protestations ...
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... lines : - ' Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his own mother - University ; Thebes did his rude unknowing youth engage ; He chooses Athens in his riper age . ' It was not till the death of Cromwell , in 1658 , that he became a ...
... lines : - ' Oxford to him a dearer name shall be Than his own mother - University ; Thebes did his rude unknowing youth engage ; He chooses Athens in his riper age . ' It was not till the death of Cromwell , in 1658 , that he became a ...
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... line , — ' An horrid stillness first invades the ear , And in that silence we a tempest fear ; ' for which he was persecuted with perpetual ridicule , perhaps with more than was deserved . Silence is indeed mere priva- tion ; and , so ...
... line , — ' An horrid stillness first invades the ear , And in that silence we a tempest fear ; ' for which he was persecuted with perpetual ridicule , perhaps with more than was deserved . Silence is indeed mere priva- tion ; and , so ...
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Page 417 - Death, that hath suck'd the honey of thy breath, Hath had no power yet upon thy beauty: Thou art not conquer'd; beauty's ensign yet Is crimson in thy lips and in thy cheeks, And death's pale flag is not advanced there.
Page 400 - tis all a cheat; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay: To-morrow's falser than the former day; Lies worse, and, while it says, we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Page 454 - Where then shall Hope and Fear their objects find ? Must dull Suspense corrupt the stagnant mind? Must helpless man, in ignorance sedate, Roll darkling down the torrent of his fate?
Page 253 - Berkshire, •This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace.
Page xvii - The shepherd in Virgil grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks. Is not a patron, my Lord...
Page x - Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
Page 98 - Works of imagination excel by their allurement and delight; by their power of attracting and detaining the attention. That book is good in vain, which the reader throws away. He only is the master, who keeps the mind in pleasing captivity; whose pages are perused with eagerness, and in hope of new pleasure are perused again; and whose conclusion is perceived with an eye of sorrow, such as the traveller casts upon departing day.
Page 102 - I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 392 - Let the great gods, That keep this dreadful pudder o'er our heads, Find out their enemies now.
Page 415 - Thee, bold Longinus! all the Nine inspire, And bless their critic with a poet's fire: An ardent judge, who, zealous in his trust, With warmth gives sentence, yet is always just; Whose own example strengthens all his laws; And is himself that great Sublime he draws.