The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.J. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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Side 54
... minifter meditated the ruin of this coun- try ; that excife laws , standing armies , and penal statutes , were the means by which he meant to effect it ; and , at the rifque of their liberty , they were bent to oppofe his meafures ; but ...
... minifter meditated the ruin of this coun- try ; that excife laws , standing armies , and penal statutes , were the means by which he meant to effect it ; and , at the rifque of their liberty , they were bent to oppofe his meafures ; but ...
Side 60
... the end whereof was , to blow the flame of national discontent , to delude the honeft and well - meaning people of this country into a belief that the minifter was was its greatest enemy , and that his opponents , 60 THE LIFE OF.
... the end whereof was , to blow the flame of national discontent , to delude the honeft and well - meaning people of this country into a belief that the minifter was was its greatest enemy , and that his opponents , 60 THE LIFE OF.
Side 70
... minifter which in the year 1739 was become very loud , to join in the popular cry , and as it were , to carry war into his own quarters . This he did in a pamphlet , intitled , ' Marmor Norfol- ' cienfe , or an essay on an ancient ...
... minifter which in the year 1739 was become very loud , to join in the popular cry , and as it were , to carry war into his own quarters . This he did in a pamphlet , intitled , ' Marmor Norfol- ' cienfe , or an essay on an ancient ...
Side 80
... minifter because conducted on whig principles ; and I have heard him fay , that during the whole course of it , the two parties were bidding for the people . At other times , and in the heat of his re- fentment , I have heard him affert ...
... minifter because conducted on whig principles ; and I have heard him fay , that during the whole course of it , the two parties were bidding for the people . At other times , and in the heat of his re- fentment , I have heard him affert ...
Side 94
... minifter , and the spirit that conducted it , had excited in the people a great eagerness to know what was going forward in both , and he knew that to gratify that defire was to encrease the demand for his pamphlet . Indeed the ...
... minifter , and the spirit that conducted it , had excited in the people a great eagerness to know what was going forward in both , and he knew that to gratify that defire was to encrease the demand for his pamphlet . Indeed the ...
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Side 350 - Certainly, it is heaven upon earth, to have a man's mind move in charity, rest in providence, and turn upon the poles of truth.
Side 127 - The atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has, with such spirit and decency, charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny; but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Side 490 - ... some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Side 521 - ... too late to praise. If want of skill or want of care appear, Forbear to hiss; — the poet cannot hear. By all, like him, must praise and blame be found, At last a fleeting gleam, or empty sound.
Side 438 - Clerkenwell, where the body is deposited, and give a token of her presence there, by a knock upon her coffin ; it was therefore determined to make this trial of the existence or veracity of the supposed spirit.
Side 363 - I look upon this as I did upon the Dictionary: it is all work, and my inducement to it is not love or desire of fame, but the want of money, which is the only motive to writing that I know of.
Side 186 - I have received two letters from you, one written in Latin, the other in French ; which I take in good part, and will you to exercise that practice of learning often : for that will stand you in most stead, in that profession of life that you are born to live in. And...
Side 198 - For years the pow'r of tragedy declin'd; From bard to bard the frigid caution crept, Till Declamation roar'd whilst Passion slept; Yet still did Virtue deign the stage to tread, Philosophy remain'd though Nature fled.
Side 292 - I have familiarized the terms of philosophy, by applying them to popular ideas, but have rarely admitted any word not authorized by former writers...
Side 287 - The place appointed was the Devil Tavern, and there, about the hour of eight, Mrs. Lenox and her husband, and a lady of her acquaintance, still [1785] living, as also the club, and friends to the number of near twenty, assembled.