Lives of men of letters and science who flourished in the time of George iii, Volumen2;Volumen123 |
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... writings and his talk . Samuel Johnson was born 18th of September , 1709 , at Lichfield , where his father , originally from Derby- shire , was a bookseller and stationer in a small way of business . His mother was of a yeoman's family ...
... writings and his talk . Samuel Johnson was born 18th of September , 1709 , at Lichfield , where his father , originally from Derby- shire , was a bookseller and stationer in a small way of business . His mother was of a yeoman's family ...
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... writing and speaking to call his mental disease by the name of mad- ness without any circumlocution , though he only meant to express that it was a morbid affection . The accounts which we have , and also upon his own authority , of his ...
... writing and speaking to call his mental disease by the name of mad- ness without any circumlocution , though he only meant to express that it was a morbid affection . The accounts which we have , and also upon his own authority , of his ...
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... writing verses , and espe- cially in translating from the Latin ; the specimens which remain shew sufficiently his command of both languages , and their closeness is worthy of praise . His translation of Pope's Messiah ' into Latin ...
... writing verses , and espe- cially in translating from the Latin ; the specimens which remain shew sufficiently his command of both languages , and their closeness is worthy of praise . His translation of Pope's Messiah ' into Latin ...
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... writing criticisms , biographies , and other papers , so that for many years this miscellany formed the principal source of his slender income . He , however , eked it out with other occasional writings . A new translation was ...
... writing criticisms , biographies , and other papers , so that for many years this miscellany formed the principal source of his slender income . He , however , eked it out with other occasional writings . A new translation was ...
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... writings , Cave afterwards told him how happy it had made the author to hear him thus express himself . " How can that be , " said Harte , " when there were only our two selves present ? " Yes , " said Cave , " but you might observe a ...
... writings , Cave afterwards told him how happy it had made the author to hear him thus express himself . " How can that be , " said Harte , " when there were only our two selves present ? " Yes , " said Cave , " but you might observe a ...
Términos y frases comunes
Academy acid ADAM SMITH admiration admitted afterwards appears Banks body calcination calculus capital Cavendish certainly Clairaut colonies commodities considered Corn Laws D'Alembert D'Alembert's solution discovery doctrine eminent Encyclopédie equally Euler experiments favour feelings fixed air formed French gave geometrician Gibbon give given Government gratification habits Hume illustrious important inquiries interest JAMES COOK Johnson kind labour Lausanne Lavoisier learned letter Lincolnshire literary lived Lord manufactures mathematical Memoirs ment mentioned merit metals mind motion nation nature never nitrous acid object observed obtained opinion oxygen paper person philosophers phlogiston pleasure political portion Priestley principles produce profits published pursuits received regard remarks rent respect says shewed Sir Joseph Sir Joseph Banks Smith society supposed Tacitus theory thing tion trade truth Voltaire wages wealth Wealth of Nations whole wholly writings
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Página 292 - After laying down my pen, I took several turns in a berceau, or covered walk of acacias, which commands a prospect of the country, the lake, and the mountains. The air was temperate, the sky was serene, the silver orb of the moon was reflected from the waters, and all nature was silent.
Página 19 - 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 favour.
Página 272 - I arrived at Oxford with a stock of erudition, that might have puzzled a doctor, and a degree of ignorance, of which a school-boy would have been ashamed.
Página 64 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear. Year chases year, decay pursues decay, Still drops some joy from...
Página 58 - What was said of Rome, adorned by Augustus, may be applied by an easy metaphor to English poetry embellished by Dryden, " lateritiam invenit, marmoream reliquit." He found it brick and he left it marble.
Página 278 - But chief her shrine where naked Venus keeps, And Cupids ride the lion of the deeps; Where, eased of fleets, the Adriatic main Wafts the smooth eunuch and enamour'd swain.
Página 46 - Sir, they are a race of convicts, and ought to be thankful 'for anything we allow them short of hanging.
Página 292 - But my pride was soon humbled, and a sober melancholy was spread over my mind, by the idea that I had taken an everlasting leave of an old and agreeable companion, and that whatsoever might be the future date of my History, the life of the historian must be short and precarious.
Página 414 - D'Alembert, was the Precession of the equinoxes and the Nutation of the earth's axis, according to the theory of gravitation.
Página 294 - He seemed to feel, and even to envy, the happiness of my situation ; while I admired the powers of a superior man, as they are blended in his attractive character with the softness and simplicity of a child. Perhaps no human being was ever more perfectly exempt from the taint of malevolence, vanity, or falsehood.