The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The IdlerJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 - English literature |
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... longer from the im- patience of the publick . If among these any one is perfuaded that , by fuch preludes of compofition , he has qualified himself to appear in the open world , and is yet afraid of those cenfures which they who have ...
... longer from the im- patience of the publick . If among these any one is perfuaded that , by fuch preludes of compofition , he has qualified himself to appear in the open world , and is yet afraid of those cenfures which they who have ...
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... longer than they are diverted by founds or fhows . All foreigners remark , that the knowledge of the common people of England is greater than that of any other vulgar . This fuperiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence ...
... longer than they are diverted by founds or fhows . All foreigners remark , that the knowledge of the common people of England is greater than that of any other vulgar . This fuperiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence ...
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... longer to be frightened ; as men who can bear at once the grimaces of the Gauls , and the howl of the Ameri- cans . I NUMB . 9. SATURDAY , June 10 , 1758 . SIR , To the IDLER . HAVE read you ; that is a favour few authors can boast of ...
... longer to be frightened ; as men who can bear at once the grimaces of the Gauls , and the howl of the Ameri- cans . I NUMB . 9. SATURDAY , June 10 , 1758 . SIR , To the IDLER . HAVE read you ; that is a favour few authors can boast of ...
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... idleness , and fhorten thofe of labour , till at last he will lie down to reft , and no longer difturb the world or himfelf by bustle or competition . Thus Thus I have endeavoured to give him that in- formation 35 N ° 9 . THE IDLER .
... idleness , and fhorten thofe of labour , till at last he will lie down to reft , and no longer difturb the world or himfelf by bustle or competition . Thus Thus I have endeavoured to give him that in- formation 35 N ° 9 . THE IDLER .
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... longer he would have conquered France . He holds . that Charles the firft was a papift . He allows there were fome good men in the reign of queen Anne , but the peace of Utrecht brought a blaft upon the nation , and has been the cause ...
... longer he would have conquered France . He holds . that Charles the firft was a papift . He allows there were fome good men in the reign of queen Anne , but the peace of Utrecht brought a blaft upon the nation , and has been the cause ...
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againſt almoſt amuſement ancient feverity beauty becauſe bufinefs bufy buſineſs caufe cauſe cenfure confidered converfation critick cuftom curiofity defign defire delight difcovered eafily eafy endeavour enquire fafe faid fame fatire fecure feem feen feldom fenfe fhall fhew fhop fhort fhould filk fince firft firſt fleep fome fomething fometimes foon fpecies friends ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffered fuperiority fupply fuppofe fure genius happineſs himſelf honour hope houfe houſe idle Idler labour lady laft laſt learned lefs loft mifery Mifs mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity never NUMB obfcurity obferved ourſelves paffed paffions pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praife praiſe prefent promife publick purpoſe raiſed reafon refolution refolved reft SATURDAY ſhall ſhe ſtate tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation underſtanding univerfal uſed vifit whofe whoſe wife wiſh worfe write
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Page 307 - I know none who have explained in what manner this rule is to be understood; the consequence of which is, that every one takes it in the most obvious sense, that objects are represented naturally when they have such relief that they seem real. It may appear strange, perhaps, to hear this sense of the rule disputed; but it must be considered, that, if the excellency...
Page 192 - The ambition of superior sensibility and 'superior eloquence disposes the lovers of arts to receive rapture at one time, and communicate it at another ; and each labours first to impose upon himself, and then to propagate the imposture.
Page 382 - None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves. That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness, who lives with his own faults and follies always before him, and who has none to reconcile him to himself by praise and veneration. I have long sought content, and have not found it ; I will from this moment endeavour to be rich.
Page 390 - Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remaining ; ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries...
Page 334 - But such is the present state of our literature, that the ancient sage, who thought a great book a great evil, would now think the multitude of books a multitude of evils. He would consider a bulky writer who engrossed a year, and a swarm of pamphleteers who stole each an hour, as equal wasters of human life, and would make no other difference between them, than between a beast of prey and a flight of locusts.
Page 49 - ... to the loiterer, who makes appointments which he never keeps; to the consulter, who asks advice which he never takes; to the boaster, who blusters only to be praised; to the complainer, who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the...
Page 169 - MEMORY is, among the faculties of the human mind, that of which we make the most frequent use, or rather that of which the agency is incessant or perpetual. Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.
Page 297 - ... instead of giving up the reins of their imagination into their author's hands, their frigid minds are employed in examining whether the performance be according to the rules of art.
Page 20 - All foreigners remark, that the knowledge of the common people of England is greater than that of any other vulgar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence, which are continually trickling among us, which every one may catch, and of which every one partakes.
Page 320 - ... he always annexes to the dove ; but, if he pretends to defend the preference he gives to one or the other by endeavouring to prove that this more beautiful form proceeds from a particular gradation of magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of a line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on as a criterion of form, he will be continually contradicting himself, and find at last that the great Mother of Nature will not be subjected to such narrow rules.