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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... beginning from truth and nature , or from accident and prejudice ; whether it be decreed by the authority of reason , or the tyranny of ignorance , that of all the candidates for B 2 The Plan of an English Dictionary.
... beginning from truth and nature , or from accident and prejudice ; whether it be decreed by the authority of reason , or the tyranny of ignorance , that of all the candidates for B 2 The Plan of an English Dictionary.
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... reason to expect that their actions would be celebrated by posterity , and that the eloquence which they promoted would be employed * Lord Orrery , in a letter to Dr. Birch , mentions this as one of the very few inaccuracies in this ...
... reason to expect that their actions would be celebrated by posterity , and that the eloquence which they promoted would be employed * Lord Orrery , in a letter to Dr. Birch , mentions this as one of the very few inaccuracies in this ...
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... reason to complain if he does not find it . It seems necessary to the completion of a dic- tionary designed not merely for criticks , but for po- pular use , that it should comprise , in some degree , the peculiar words of every ...
... reason to complain if he does not find it . It seems necessary to the completion of a dic- tionary designed not merely for criticks , but for po- pular use , that it should comprise , in some degree , the peculiar words of every ...
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... reason , or between the equi- ponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment and accuracy . It The great orthographical contest has long sub- sisted between etymology and pronunciation . has been demanded , on one hand ...
... reason , or between the equi- ponderant authorities of writers alike eminent for judgment and accuracy . It The great orthographical contest has long sub- sisted between etymology and pronunciation . has been demanded , on one hand ...
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... reason sufficient to balance the inconvenience of change ; and such reasons I do not expect often to find . All change is of itself an evil , which ought not to be hazarded but for evident advantage ; and as incon- stancy is in every ...
... reason sufficient to balance the inconvenience of change ; and such reasons I do not expect often to find . All change is of itself an evil , which ought not to be hazarded but for evident advantage ; and as incon- stancy is in every ...
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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.