The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted from D. JohnsonGalignani, 1805 - 312 psl. |
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... conscience shear the flock which I am unable to feed . " Soon after the death of his mother , which happened in the year 1759 , he wrote his " Rasselas B Prince of Abyssinia , " that with the profits he OF DR . JOHNSON . 13.
... conscience shear the flock which I am unable to feed . " Soon after the death of his mother , which happened in the year 1759 , he wrote his " Rasselas B Prince of Abyssinia , " that with the profits he OF DR . JOHNSON . 13.
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... a very extraor- dinary nature , to exercise that humanity which in him was obedient to every call . Dr. William Dodd , a clergyman under sentence of death for the crime of forgery , found means to interest Johnson in OF DR . JOHNSON . 17.
... a very extraor- dinary nature , to exercise that humanity which in him was obedient to every call . Dr. William Dodd , a clergyman under sentence of death for the crime of forgery , found means to interest Johnson in OF DR . JOHNSON . 17.
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... sincerely : let them show where they think me wrong . " He had hardly begun to reap the laurels gained by this performance when death deprived him of · Mr. Thrale in whose house he had enjoyed the 18 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
... sincerely : let them show where they think me wrong . " He had hardly begun to reap the laurels gained by this performance when death deprived him of · Mr. Thrale in whose house he had enjoyed the 18 SOME ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
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... death was so great that it astonished all who had access to know the piety of his mind and the virtues of his life . Attempts have been made to account for it in various ways ; but doubtless that is the true account which is given in ...
... death was so great that it astonished all who had access to know the piety of his mind and the virtues of his life . Attempts have been made to account for it in various ways ; but doubtless that is the true account which is given in ...
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... death was approaching from some distance . From the time that he was certain it was near , all his fears were calmed ; and he died on the 13th of december 1784 full of resignation , strengthened by faith , and joyful in hope . For a ...
... death was approaching from some distance . From the time that he was certain it was near , all his fears were calmed ; and he died on the 13th of december 1784 full of resignation , strengthened by faith , and joyful in hope . For a ...
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The Lives of the Most Celebrated English Poets, with Criticisms. Extracted ... Samuel Johnson Visos knygos peržiūra - 1805 |
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291 psl. - I loved the man, and do honour his memory, on this side idolatry, as much as any. He was (indeed) honest, and of an open and free nature; had an excellent phantasy, brave notions, and gentle expressions...
114 psl. - 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.
63 psl. - But of all the borrowers from Homer, Milton is perhaps the least indebted. He was naturally a thinker for himself, confident of his own abilities, and disdainful of help or hindrance : he did not refuse admission to the thoughts or images of his predecessors, but he did not seek them.
252 psl. - In the character of his Elegy I rejoice to concur with the common reader; for by the common sense of readers uncorrupted with literary prejudices, after all the refinements of subtilty and the dogmatism of learning, must be finally decided all claim to poetical honours.
78 psl. - Every thing is excused by the play of images and the spriteliness of expression. Though all is easy, nothing is feeble; though all seems careless, there is nothing harsh; and though since his earlier works more than a century has passed they have nothing yet uncouth or obsolete.
309 psl. - For whilst, to the shame of slow-endeavouring art, Thy easy numbers flow, and that each heart Hath, from the leaves of thy unvalued book, Those Delphic lines with deep impression took; Then thou, our fancy of itself bereaving, Dost make us marble, with too much conceiving; And, so sepulchred, in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
78 psl. - They have not the formality of a settled style, in which the first half of the sentence betrays the other. The clauses are never balanced, nor the periods modelled; every word seems to drop by chance, though it falls into its proper place.
79 psl. - The power that predominated in his intellectual operations was rather strong reason than quick sensibility. Upon all occasions that were presented, he studied rather than felt, and produced sentiments not such as nature enforces, but meditation supplies.
112 psl. - Cato' it has been not unjustly determined, that it is rather a poem in dialogue than a drama, rather a succession of just sentiments in elegant language, than a representation of natural affections, or of any state probable or possible in human life. Nothing here " excites or assuages emotion :" here is " no magical power of raising fantastic terror or wild anxiety.
132 psl. - Looking tranquillity ! It strikes an awe And terror on my aching sight ; the tombs And monumental caves of death look cold, And shoot a chillness to my trembling heart. Give me thy hand, and let me hear thy voice; Nay, quickly speak to me, and let me hear Thy voice — my own affrights me with its echoes.