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... appearance of in- dolence , was retired and studious , and he for- tunately acquired such preferments as enabled him to pursue his natural bent , and rove un- molested among the treasures of learning which his alma mater contains in ...
... appearance of in- dolence , was retired and studious , and he for- tunately acquired such preferments as enabled him to pursue his natural bent , and rove un- molested among the treasures of learning which his alma mater contains in ...
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... appearance of a comet , or the calculation of the chances of a lottery . They might , therefore , easily be pleased if they consulted only their own minds ; but those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves , have always ...
... appearance of a comet , or the calculation of the chances of a lottery . They might , therefore , easily be pleased if they consulted only their own minds ; but those who will not take the trouble to think for themselves , have always ...
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... appearance their hands must be tied , but they may be allowed to grin . In a month they may guard the place with their hands loosed , provided that on pain of death they be for- bidden to strike . By this method our army will soon be ...
... appearance their hands must be tied , but they may be allowed to grin . In a month they may guard the place with their hands loosed , provided that on pain of death they be for- bidden to strike . By this method our army will soon be ...
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... appearances which they were not able to distinguish from it . But the man who engages in a party has seldom to do with any thing remote or abstruse . The present state of things is before his eyes ; and , if he cannot be satisfied ...
... appearances which they were not able to distinguish from it . But the man who engages in a party has seldom to do with any thing remote or abstruse . The present state of things is before his eyes ; and , if he cannot be satisfied ...
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... appearance of regard . If we will have the kindness of others , we must endure their follies . He who cannot persuade him- self to withdraw from society , must be content to pay a tribute of his time to a multitude of tyrants ; to the ...
... appearance of regard . If we will have the kindness of others , we must endure their follies . He who cannot persuade him- self to withdraw from society , must be content to pay a tribute of his time to a multitude of tyrants ; to the ...
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Page xiii - A writer of dictionaries; a harmless drudge, that busies himself in tracing the original, and detailing the signification of words.
Page 102 - No species of literary men has lately been so much multiplied as the writers of news. Not many years ago the nation was content with one Gazette; but now we have not only in the metropolis papers for every morning and every evening, but almost every large town has its weekly historian...
Page xiv - I have to mention, that the late Mr. Strahan the printer told me, that Johnson wrote it, that with the profits he might defray the expense of his mother's funeral, and pay some little debts which she had left. He told Sir Joshua Reynolds, that he composed it in the evenings of one week, sent it to the press in portions as it was written, and had never since read it over.
Page 142 - Hope therefore dictate, what Revelation does not confute, that the union of souls may still remain; and that we who are struggling with sin, sorrow, and infirmities, may have our part in the attention and kindness of those who have finished their course, and are now receiving their reward.
Page 48 - ... 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 economist, who tells of bargains and settlements; to the politician, who predicts the fate of battles and breach of alliances; to the usurer, who compares the different funds; and to the talker, who talks only because he loves to be talking.
Page 124 - ... things that are, in the latter sense, are things, that have not been, nor shall be, nor stand in the midst of such as are before them, or shall be after them. The things that have been, and shall be, have respect to present, past, and future. Those likewise that now are have moreover place; that, for instance, which is here, that which is to the east, that which is to the west.
Page 140 - The life which made my own life pleasant is at an end, and the gates of death are shut upon my prospects.
Page 21 - 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 138 - The trade of advertising is now so near to perfection, that it is not easy to propose any improvement.
Page 12 - Content ourselves with reflecting that our part is performed. He that waits for an opportunity to do much at once, may breathe out his life in idle wishes, and regret, in the last hour, his useless intentions, and barren zeal.