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... used to say , that he was never thrown or conquered . Michael , the father , died De- cember 1731 , at the age of feventy - fix : his mother at eighty - nine , of a gradual decay , in the year 1759. Of the family nothing more can be ...
... used to say , that he was never thrown or conquered . Michael , the father , died De- cember 1731 , at the age of feventy - fix : his mother at eighty - nine , of a gradual decay , in the year 1759. Of the family nothing more can be ...
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... used to fay , was best known to Dr. Taylor and Dr. Adams , Wonders are told of his memory , and , indeed , all who knew him late in life can witnefs that he retained that faculty in the greateft vigour , From the univerfity Johnfon ...
... used to fay , was best known to Dr. Taylor and Dr. Adams , Wonders are told of his memory , and , indeed , all who knew him late in life can witnefs that he retained that faculty in the greateft vigour , From the univerfity Johnfon ...
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... used to give a pleasant defcription of this Green- room finery , as related by the author him- felf ; " But , " faid Johnfon , with great gravity , " I foon laid afide my gold - laced hat , left it " fhould make me proud . " The amount ...
... used to give a pleasant defcription of this Green- room finery , as related by the author him- felf ; " But , " faid Johnfon , with great gravity , " I foon laid afide my gold - laced hat , left it " fhould make me proud . " The amount ...
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... used to say , that he paid a morning visit to Johnfon , intending from his chambers to fend a letter into the city ; but , to his great furprize , he found an au- thor by profeffion without pen , ink , or paper . The prefent Bishop of ...
... used to say , that he paid a morning visit to Johnfon , intending from his chambers to fend a letter into the city ; but , to his great furprize , he found an au- thor by profeffion without pen , ink , or paper . The prefent Bishop of ...
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... used to fay , " That , for broad - faced mirth , Foote “ had not his equal . ” Dr. Johnfon's fame excited the curiofity of the King . His Majefty expreffed a defire to see a man of whom extraordinary things were faid . Accordingly , the ...
... used to fay , " That , for broad - faced mirth , Foote “ had not his equal . ” Dr. Johnfon's fame excited the curiofity of the King . His Majefty expreffed a defire to see a man of whom extraordinary things were faid . Accordingly , the ...
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Página 76 - Is not a Patron, My Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a Man struggling for Life in the water and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help?
Página 76 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it ; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it ; till I am known, and do not want it.
Página 212 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 12 - He appears by his modest and unaffected narration to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination; he meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rocks without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Página 55 - Memory and her siren daughters, but by devout prayer to that eternal Spirit, who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases.
Página 353 - If the man who turnips cries, Cry not when his father dies, 'Tis a proof that he had rather Have a turnip than his father.
Página 340 - Lyce, in which he claims for this ancient personage as good a right to be assimilated to heaven, as nymphs whom other poets have flattered; he therefore ironically ascribes to her the attributes of the sky, in such stanzas as this: " Her teeth the night with darkness dies, She's starr'd with pimples o'er ; Her tongue like nimble lightning plies, And can with thunder roar.
Página 214 - Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies. But grant, the virtues of a temp'rate prime Bless with an age exempt from scorn or crime ; An age that melts with unperceiv'd decay, And glides in modest innocence away; Whose peaceful day Benevolence endears, Whose night congratulating Conscience cheers; The gen'ral fav'rite as the gen'ral friend: Such age there is, and who shall wish its end?
Página 76 - Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before. 'The Shepherd in Virgil, grew at last acquainted with Love, and found him a native of the rocks.
Página 75 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.