The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.G. Walker ... [and 9 others], 1820 |
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... received one hint from any çorres- pondent . Whence this negligence proceeds I am not able to discover . Many of my predecessors have thought themselves obliged to return their ac- knowledgments in the second paper , for the kind ...
... received one hint from any çorres- pondent . Whence this negligence proceeds I am not able to discover . Many of my predecessors have thought themselves obliged to return their ac- knowledgments in the second paper , for the kind ...
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... received in France , where the salic law excludes females from the throne : but we , who allow them to be sovereigns , may surely suppose them capable to be soldiers . It were to be wished that some man , whose ex- perience and ...
... received in France , where the salic law excludes females from the throne : but we , who allow them to be sovereigns , may surely suppose them capable to be soldiers . It were to be wished that some man , whose ex- perience and ...
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... received as a stake at cards , nor pro- cure a seat at the opera , nor buy candles for a rout , nor lace for a livery . And though there are many virtuosos , whose sole ambition is to possess some- thing which can be found in no other ...
... received as a stake at cards , nor pro- cure a seat at the opera , nor buy candles for a rout , nor lace for a livery . And though there are many virtuosos , whose sole ambition is to possess some- thing which can be found in no other ...
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... received by the ear as well as the eyes ; and the Indian war - cry is repre- sented as too dreadful to be endured ; as a sound that will force the bravest veteran to drop his weapon , and desert his rank ; that will deafen his ear , and ...
... received by the ear as well as the eyes ; and the Indian war - cry is repre- sented as too dreadful to be endured ; as a sound that will force the bravest veteran to drop his weapon , and desert his rank ; that will deafen his ear , and ...
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... received from me besides your- self . My intention in telling you of it is to inform you , that you have both pleased and angered me . Never did writer appear so delightful to me as you did when you adopted the name of the Idler . But ...
... received from me besides your- self . My intention in telling you of it is to inform you , that you have both pleased and angered me . Never did writer appear so delightful to me as you did when you adopted the name of the Idler . But ...
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Page 308 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Page 259 - No. 65., there is the following very extraordinary paragraph: " The authenticity of Clarendon's History, though printed with the sanction of one of the first universities of the world, had not an unexpected manuscript been happily discovered, would, with the help of factious credulity, have been brought into question, by the two lowest of all human beings, a scribbler for a party, and a commissioner of excise.
Page 329 - ... reason why we approve and admire it, as we approve and admire customs and fashions of dress for no other reason than that we are used to them ; so that, though habit and custom cannot be said to be the cause of beauty, it is certainly the cause of our liking it ; and I have no doubt but that, if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity would then* lose the idea now annexed to it, and take that of beauty; as, if the whole world should agree that yes and no should change their meanings,...
Page 399 - thou to whose voice nations have listened, and whose wisdom is known to the extremities of Asia, tell me how I may resemble Omar the prudent. The arts by which...
Page 16 - ... 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.
Page 131 - GENIUS of the place. It is a sort of inspiring deity, which every youth of quick sensibility and ingenious disposition creates to himself, by reflecting, that he is placed under those venerable walls, where a HOOKER and a HAMMOND, a BACON and a NEWTON, once pursued the same course of science, and from whence they soared to the most elevated heights of literary fame.
Page 402 - ... presence was always necessary, and the stream of business hurried me along. Sometimes I was afraid lest I should be charged with ingratitude, but I still proposed to travel, and therefore would not confine myself by marriage.
Page 321 - We are inclined to believe those whom we do not know, because they have never deceived us.
Page 381 - At length he found it expedient to introduce wine, as an agreeable improvement, or a necessary ingredient, to his new way of living ; and having once tasted it, he was tempted, by little and little, to give a loose to the excesses of intoxication. His general simplicity of...
Page 329 - To instance in a particular part of a feature : the line that forms the ridge of the nose is beautiful when it is straight ; this then is the central form, which is oftener found than either concave, convex or any other irregular form that shall be proposed.