The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.G. Walker ... [and 9 others], 1820 |
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... seldom in the mind ; there are many truths which every human being acknowledges and forgets . It is generally known , that he who expects much will be often disappointed ; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation , or has any ...
... seldom in the mind ; there are many truths which every human being acknowledges and forgets . It is generally known , that he who expects much will be often disappointed ; yet disappointment seldom cures us of expectation , or has any ...
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... seldom exchanged ; and what is there to be done in the charge or the retreat beyond the powers of a sprightly maiden ? Our masculine squadrons will not suppose them- selves disgraced by their auxiliaries , till they have done something ...
... seldom exchanged ; and what is there to be done in the charge or the retreat beyond the powers of a sprightly maiden ? Our masculine squadrons will not suppose them- selves disgraced by their auxiliaries , till they have done something ...
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... seldom to do with any thing remote or abstruse . The pre- sent state of things is before his eyes ; and , if he cannot be satisfied without retrospection , yet he sel- dom extends his views beyond the historical events of the last ...
... seldom to do with any thing remote or abstruse . The pre- sent state of things is before his eyes ; and , if he cannot be satisfied without retrospection , yet he sel- dom extends his views beyond the historical events of the last ...
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... seldom the re- sult of much deliberation ; they are framed by chance in popular assemblies , or in conquered countries by despotic authority . Laws are often occasional , often capricious , made always by a few , and sometimes by a ...
... seldom the re- sult of much deliberation ; they are framed by chance in popular assemblies , or in conquered countries by despotic authority . Laws are often occasional , often capricious , made always by a few , and sometimes by a ...
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... seldom passes be- fore each is convinced that praises are fallacious , and particularly those praises which we confer upon ourselves . I should therefore think , that this custom might be omitted without any loss to the community ; and ...
... seldom passes be- fore each is convinced that praises are fallacious , and particularly those praises which we confer upon ourselves . I should therefore think , that this custom might be omitted without any loss to the community ; and ...
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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.