The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Political tracts. Political essays. Miscellaneous essays. A journey to the western islands of ScotlandJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 - English literature |
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... say , granted you the whole effect of right , and have not denied you the name . We have not faid that the right was ours before this conceffion , but only that what right we had , is not by this conceffion vacated . We have now for ...
... say , granted you the whole effect of right , and have not denied you the name . We have not faid that the right was ours before this conceffion , but only that what right we had , is not by this conceffion vacated . We have now for ...
Page 68
... say that we fhall leave him nothing ; the cause that I defend fcorns the help of falfehood ; but if we leave him . only his merit , what will be his praife ? It is not by his livelinefs of imagery , his pun- gency of periods , or his ...
... say that we fhall leave him nothing ; the cause that I defend fcorns the help of falfehood ; but if we leave him . only his merit , what will be his praife ? It is not by his livelinefs of imagery , his pun- gency of periods , or his ...
Page 204
... says , " We fhall be miftaken if we imagine our pleasure ap- arifes from its being no reality : the nearer it " proaches to reality , the more perfect its power . " This is certainly true , but it is because the more perfect is the ...
... says , " We fhall be miftaken if we imagine our pleasure ap- arifes from its being no reality : the nearer it " proaches to reality , the more perfect its power . " This is certainly true , but it is because the more perfect is the ...
Page 217
... says he , " with compound abstract words , fuch as virtue , " honour , perfuafion , docility ; of these I am con- " vinced , that whatever power they may have on " the paffions , they do not derive it from any re- presentation raised in ...
... says he , " with compound abstract words , fuch as virtue , " honour , perfuafion , docility ; of these I am con- " vinced , that whatever power they may have on " the paffions , they do not derive it from any re- presentation raised in ...
Page 471
... say , that it advances , nobody can bring any proof to fupport him in denying it . The reafon why it is not spread to a greater extent , feems to be , that the wind and rain come almoft together , and that it is made clofe and heavy by ...
... say , that it advances , nobody can bring any proof to fupport him in denying it . The reafon why it is not spread to a greater extent , feems to be , that the wind and rain come almoft together , and that it is made clofe and heavy by ...
Common terms and phrases
againſt almoft becauſe caufe coaft confequence confidered confifts curiofity defign defire deftroyed difcovered diftant eafily English evil fafe faid fame fays fecurity feems feen feldom felves fent fettled fettlement feven fhall fhew fhips fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon French ftand ftate ftill ftones ftrength fubject fubordination fuch fuffered fufficient fupplied fuppofed fupport furely fyftem happineſs Hebrides Highlands himſelf houfe houſe Inch Kenneth increafing inhabitants intereft Inverness iſlands itſelf labour laft laird land laſt lefs Maclean minifter moſt muft muſt nation neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions parliament perhaps pleafing pleaſure poffeffion poffible pofition Port Egmont prefent publick puniſhment queftion Raafay raiſed reafon refidence refolved reprefented Scotland ſeems ſmall Spaniards ſtate Sublime thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion told univerfal uſe vifit whofe
Popular passages
Page 204 - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 207 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
Page 56 - ... with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction; pale, torpid, spiritless and helpless; gasping and groaning, unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery; and were at last whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice and without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless, and enterprise impracticable, fleets...
Page 141 - The time is now come, in which every Englishman expects to be informed of the national affairs ; and in which he has a right to have that expectation gratified. For, whatever may be urged by ministers, or those whom vanity or interest make the followers of ministers, concerning the necessity of confidence in our...
Page 457 - ... it if he had it; but whence could it be had? It is too long to be remembered, and the language formerly had nothing written. He has doubtless inserted names that circulate in popular stories, and may have translated some wandering ballads, if any can be found; and the names, and some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
Page 458 - A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better than truth: he will always love it better than inquiry; and if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it.
Page 241 - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
Page 357 - Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Page 225 - It is a cordial administered by the gracious hand of providence, of which they ought never to be deprived by an ill-judged and improper education.
Page 413 - Length of life is distributed impartially to very different modes of life in very different climates ; and the mountains have no greater examples of age and health than the...