The Works of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. A New Edition in Twelve Volumes. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq, Volym 10F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... censure , or my own by flattery . I had read indeed of times , in which princes and statesmen thought it part of their honour to promote the improvement of their native tongues ; and in which dictionaries were written under the ...
... censure , or my own by flattery . I had read indeed of times , in which princes and statesmen thought it part of their honour to promote the improvement of their native tongues ; and in which dictionaries were written under the ...
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... their accents should be settled , their sounds ascer- tained , and their etymologies deduced , they cannot be properly omitted in the dictionary . And though the explanations of some may be censured as trivial , AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 9.
... their accents should be settled , their sounds ascer- tained , and their etymologies deduced , they cannot be properly omitted in the dictionary . And though the explanations of some may be censured as trivial , AN ENGLISH DICTIONARY . 9.
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... censured as trivial , because they are almost universally understood ; and those of others as unnecessary , because they will seldom occur ; yet it seems not proper to omit them , since it is rather to be wished that many readers should ...
... censured as trivial , because they are almost universally understood ; and those of others as unnecessary , because they will seldom occur ; yet it seems not proper to omit them , since it is rather to be wished that many readers should ...
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... censured as trifling ; but these particulars have not been thought unworthy of attention in more polished languages . The accuracy of the French , in stating the sounds of their letters , is well known ; and , among the Italians ...
... censured as trifling ; but these particulars have not been thought unworthy of attention in more polished languages . The accuracy of the French , in stating the sounds of their letters , is well known ; and , among the Italians ...
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... censure , without hope of praise ; to be disgraced by miscarriage , or punished for neglect , where success would have been without applause , and diligence without reward . Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries ...
... censure , without hope of praise ; to be disgraced by miscarriage , or punished for neglect , where success would have been without applause , and diligence without reward . Among these unhappy mortals is the writer of dictionaries ...
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Sida 89 - This castle hath a pleasant seat ; the air Nimbly and sweetly recommends itself Unto our gentle senses. Ban. This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve By his lov'd mansionry that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here : no jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle : Where they most breed and haunt, I have observ'd The air is delicate.
Sida 94 - Pale Hecate's offerings; and wither'd murder, Alarum'd by his sentinel, the wolf, Whose howl's his watch, thus with his stealthy pace, With Tarquin's ravishing strides, towards his design Moves like a ghost. Thou sure and firm-set earth, Hear not my steps which way they walk, for fear Thy very stones prate of my whereabout And take the present horror from the time, Which now suits with it.
Sida 194 - But he is always great when some great occasion is presented to him; no man can say he ever had a fit subject for his wit, and did not then raise himself as high above the rest of poets " Quantum lenta solent inter viburna cupressi.* The consideration of this made Mr.
Sida 88 - Come, you spirits That tend on mortal thoughts, unsex me here, And fill me, from the crown to the toe, top-full Of direst cruelty ! make thick my blood, Stop up the access and passage to remorse, That no compunctious visitings of nature Shake my fell purpose...
Sida 89 - This guest of summer, The temple-haunting martlet, does approve, By his loved mansionry, that the heaven's breath Smells wooingly here. No jutty, frieze, Buttress, nor coign of vantage, but this bird Hath made his pendent bed and procreant cradle. Where they most breed and haunt, I have observed, The air is delicate.
Sida 146 - He sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is so much more careful to please than to instruct, that he seems to write without any moral purpose. From his writings indeed a system of social duty may be selected, for he that thinks reasonably must think morally...
Sida 116 - She should have died hereafter ; There would have been a time for such a word. To-morrow, and to-morrow, and to-morrow, Creeps in this petty pace from day to day To the last syllable of recorded time, And all our yesterdays have lighted fools The way to dusty death.
Sida 66 - ... be perfect, since while it is hastening to publication, some words are budding, and some falling away; that a whole life cannot be spent upon syntax and etymology, and that even a whole life would not be sufficient; that he, whose design includes whatever language can express, must often speak of what he does not understand...
Sida 139 - This therefore is the praise of Shakespeare, that his drama is the mirror of life; that he who has mazed his imagination in following the phantoms which other writers raise up before him, may here be cured of his delirious ecstasies by reading human sentiments in human language; by scenes from which a hermit may estimate the transactions of the world, and a confessor predict the progress of the passions.
Sida 87 - Than wishest should be undone. Hie thee hither, That I may pour my spirits in thine ear; And chastise with the valour of my tongue All that impedes thee from the golden round, Which fate and metaphysical aid doth seem To have thee crown'd withal.