The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... knowledge , may be numbered the exact calculations of the value of life ; but what- ever may be their use in traffick , they seem very little to have advanced morality . They have hither- to been rather applied to the acquisition of ...
... knowledge , may be numbered the exact calculations of the value of life ; but what- ever may be their use in traffick , they seem very little to have advanced morality . They have hither- to been rather applied to the acquisition of ...
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... Knowledge and genius are often enemies to quiet , by suggesting ideas of excellence , which men and the performances of men cannot at- tain . But let no man rashly determine , that his unwillingness to be pleased is a proof of ...
... Knowledge and genius are often enemies to quiet , by suggesting ideas of excellence , which men and the performances of men cannot at- tain . But let no man rashly determine , that his unwillingness to be pleased is a proof of ...
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... knowledge of nature , manners , and life , will perhaps incline you to pay some regard to the observations of one who has been taught to know mankind by unwelcome information , and whose opi- nions are the result , not of solitary ...
... knowledge of nature , manners , and life , will perhaps incline you to pay some regard to the observations of one who has been taught to know mankind by unwelcome information , and whose opi- nions are the result , not of solitary ...
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... knowledge , and more inclined to de- grade their own character by cowardly submission , than to overbear or oppress us with their learning or their wit . From these men , however , if they are by kind treat- ment encouraged to talk ...
... knowledge , and more inclined to de- grade their own character by cowardly submission , than to overbear or oppress us with their learning or their wit . From these men , however , if they are by kind treat- ment encouraged to talk ...
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... knowledge and piety ; the other is a lieu- tenant of dragoons . The parson made no difficulty in the height of my elevation to check me when I was pert , and instruct me when I blundered ; and if there is any alteration , he is now more ...
... knowledge and piety ; the other is a lieu- tenant of dragoons . The parson made no difficulty in the height of my elevation to check me when I was pert , and instruct me when I blundered ; and if there is any alteration , he is now more ...
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Page 403 - The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night, Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Page 134 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th...
Page 92 - Ordain'd by thee ; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Page 143 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 401 - Nor the other light of life continue long, But yield to double darkness nigh at hand : So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
Page 373 - Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Page 98 - Modesty itself, if it is praised, will be envied ; and there are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
Page 393 - But will arise, and his great name assert : Dagon must stoop, and shall ere long receive Such a discomfit, as shall quite despoil him Of all these boasted trophies won on me, And with confusion blank his worshippers.
Page 117 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
Page 58 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.