Critical and Miscellaneous Essays, Том 2Weeks, Jordan & Company, 1840 |
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... reigns of William the Third , of Anne , and of George the First , even such men as Congreve and Addison would scarcely have been able to live like gentlemen by the mere sale of their writings . But the deficiency of the natural demand ...
... reigns of William the Third , of Anne , and of George the First , even such men as Congreve and Addison would scarcely have been able to live like gentlemen by the mere sale of their writings . But the deficiency of the natural demand ...
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... reign of James the First , there was one short cut to the House of Lords . It was but to ask , to pay , and to have . The sale of titles was carried on as openly as the sale of boroughs in our times . Hamp- den turned away with contempt ...
... reign of James the First , there was one short cut to the House of Lords . It was but to ask , to pay , and to have . The sale of titles was carried on as openly as the sale of boroughs in our times . Hamp- den turned away with contempt ...
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... reign of Elizabeth . The conduct of her last Parliament made it clear that one of those great revolutions which policy may guide but cannot stop , was in progress . It was on the question of Monopolies that the House of Commons gained ...
... reign of Elizabeth . The conduct of her last Parliament made it clear that one of those great revolutions which policy may guide but cannot stop , was in progress . It was on the question of Monopolies that the House of Commons gained ...
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... reign of James , take any prominent part in public affairs . It is certain , however , that he paid great attention to the details of Parliamentary busi- ness , and to the local interests of his own county . It was in a great measure ...
... reign of James , take any prominent part in public affairs . It is certain , however , that he paid great attention to the details of Parliamentary busi- ness , and to the local interests of his own county . It was in a great measure ...
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... reign of Edward the Sixth . None of the great reformers of our church doubted for a moment of the propriety of passing an act of Parliament , for cutting off Lord Sudley's head without a legal conviction . The pious Cranmer voted for ...
... reign of Edward the Sixth . None of the great reformers of our church doubted for a moment of the propriety of passing an act of Parliament , for cutting off Lord Sudley's head without a legal conviction . The pious Cranmer voted for ...
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Стр. 492 - Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man. And therefore, if a man write little, he had need have a great memory; if he confer little, he had need have a present wit: and if he read little, he had need have much cunning, to seem to know that he doth not.
Стр. 492 - Yet, even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs as carols : and the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job than the felicities of Solomon.
Стр. 196 - For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God: I will sit also upon the mount of the congregation, in the sides of the north: I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the most High.
Стр. 492 - Crafty men contemn studies, simple men admire them, and wise men use them; for they teach not their own use; but that is a wisdom without them, and above them, won by observation.
Стр. 190 - Forgiveness to the injured does belong ; But they ne'er pardon who have done the wrong.
Стр. 492 - Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted, nor to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested; that is, some books are to be read only in parts; others to be read, but not curiously; .and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Стр. 53 - It is clear that Johnson himself did not think in the dialect in which he wrote. The expressions which came first to his tongue were simple, energetic, and picturesque. When he wrote for publication, he did his sentences out of English into Johnsonese. His letters from the Hebrides to Mrs. Thrale are the original of that work of which the Journey to the Hebrides is the translation; and it is amusing to compare the two versions. "When we were taken upstairs," says he in one of his letters, "a dirty...
Стр. 222 - It seemed as if his labours were repaid By the mere noise and movement of the fray : No conquests nor acquirements had he made ; His chief delight was, on some festive day To ride triumphant, prodigal, and proud, And shower his wealth amidst the shouting crowd.
Стр. 377 - The Attorneyship for Francis is that I must have ; and in that I will spend all my power, might, authority, and amity, and with tooth and nail procure the same for him against whomsoever ; and whosoever getteth this office out of my hands for any other, before he have it, it shall cost him the coming by.
Стр. 89 - It could never be hoped,' he observes elsewhere, ' that more sober or dispassionate men would ever meet together in that place, or fewer who brought ill purposes with them.