The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: The RamblerW. Pickering, 1825 |
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... least may plead , that if their boasts deceive any into the perusal of their performances , they defraud them of but little time . -Quid enim ? concurritur : hora Momento cita mors venit , aut victoria læta . The battle join , and in a ...
... least may plead , that if their boasts deceive any into the perusal of their performances , they defraud them of but little time . -Quid enim ? concurritur : hora Momento cita mors venit , aut victoria læta . The battle join , and in a ...
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... least of themselves , will be apt to estimate their virtues by their vices . To this fatal errour all those will contribute , who confound the colours of right and wrong , and , instead of helping to settle their boundaries , mix them ...
... least of themselves , will be apt to estimate their virtues by their vices . To this fatal errour all those will contribute , who confound the colours of right and wrong , and , instead of helping to settle their boundaries , mix them ...
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... least , to let our desires fix upon nothing in another's power for the sake of our quiet , or in another's possession for the sake of our innocence . When a man finds himself led , though by a train of honest sentiments , to wish for ...
... least , to let our desires fix upon nothing in another's power for the sake of our quiet , or in another's possession for the sake of our innocence . When a man finds himself led , though by a train of honest sentiments , to wish for ...
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... least distinguished from the common productions of the press . It is no less a proof of eminence to have many enemies than many friends ; and I look upon every letter , whether it contains encomiums or reproaches , as an equal ...
... least distinguished from the common productions of the press . It is no less a proof of eminence to have many enemies than many friends ; and I look upon every letter , whether it contains encomiums or reproaches , as an equal ...
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... least . But , if he is a mere essayist , and troubles not himself with the manners of the age , she is sorry to tell him , that even the genius and correctness of an Addison will not secure him from neglect . " No man is so much ...
... least . But , if he is a mere essayist , and troubles not himself with the manners of the age , she is sorry to tell him , that even the genius and correctness of an Addison will not secure him from neglect . " No man is so much ...
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Page 405 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels...
Page 39 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 437 - 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.
Page 406 - But thou hast promised 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 414 - Behind him cast ; the broad circumference Hung on his shoulders like the moon, whose orb Through optic glass the Tuscan artist views, At evening, from the top of Fesole, Or in Valdarno, to descry new lands, Rivers, or mountains, in her spotty globe.
Page 423 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all.
Page 424 - 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 425 - Olympian hill I soar, Above the flight of Pegasean wing ! The meaning, not the name, I call ; for thou Nor of the Muses nine, nor on the top Of old Olympus dwell'st ; but...
Page 323 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution. It is, indeed, at home that every man must be known by those who would make a just estimate either of his virtue or felicity ; for smiles and embroidery are alike occasional, and the mind is often dressed for show in painted honour and fictitious benevolence.
Page 380 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.