The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The IdlerJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 - English literature |
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... wife . 16 Drugger's retirement . 17 Expedients of Idlers . 18 Drugget vindicated . 19 Whirler's character . 20 Louifbourg's history . 21 Linger's hiftory of liftleffnefs . 22 Imprisonment of debtors . 23 Uncertainty of friendship . 24 ...
... wife . 16 Drugger's retirement . 17 Expedients of Idlers . 18 Drugget vindicated . 19 Whirler's character . 20 Louifbourg's history . 21 Linger's hiftory of liftleffnefs . 22 Imprisonment of debtors . 23 Uncertainty of friendship . 24 ...
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... wife -- Chairman . 31 Difguifes of idleness , Sober's character . 32 Sleep . 109 113 117 121 125 129 134 35 Auction hunter . 36 The terrifick diction . 37 Iron and gold . 138 142 146 38 Debtors in prifon . 150 39 The bracelet . 155 40 ...
... wife -- Chairman . 31 Difguifes of idleness , Sober's character . 32 Sleep . 109 113 117 121 125 129 134 35 Auction hunter . 36 The terrifick diction . 37 Iron and gold . 138 142 146 38 Debtors in prifon . 150 39 The bracelet . 155 40 ...
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... wife to concur with their own fenfations . He who is taught by a critick to dislike that which pleased him in his na- tural ftate , has the fame reafon to complain of his instructor , as the madman to rail at his doctor , who , when he ...
... wife to concur with their own fenfations . He who is taught by a critick to dislike that which pleased him in his na- tural ftate , has the fame reafon to complain of his instructor , as the madman to rail at his doctor , who , when he ...
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... wife to court it ; and therefore , no man thought it either necessary or wife to make any standing provi- fion for the needy , to look forwards to the wants of pofterity , * pofterity , or to fecure fucceffions of charity , N ° 13 4 ...
... wife to court it ; and therefore , no man thought it either necessary or wife to make any standing provi- fion for the needy , to look forwards to the wants of pofterity , * pofterity , or to fecure fucceffions of charity , N ° 13 4 ...
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... wife will be perfuaded of the emi- nence of her hufband , or the hufband continue to believe that his wife has the qualities required to make marriage happy , may reasonably be queftion- ed . I am afraid that much time feldom paffes ...
... wife will be perfuaded of the emi- nence of her hufband , or the hufband continue to believe that his wife has the qualities required to make marriage happy , may reasonably be queftion- ed . I am afraid that much time feldom paffes ...
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Common terms and phrases
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.