The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Nichols and Son, 1801 - Biography |
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... most " It is to be hoped , nay , it is expected , that the elegant and nervous writer , whofe judicious fentiments , and inimitable file 66 points out the author of Lauder's Preface and Postscript , will no " longer allow one to plume ...
... most " It is to be hoped , nay , it is expected , that the elegant and nervous writer , whofe judicious fentiments , and inimitable file 66 points out the author of Lauder's Preface and Postscript , will no " longer allow one to plume ...
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... most implicit and unlimited confidence ) ad- " vifed me to make an unreserved disclosure of all the lines I had " interpolated against Milton , with this view , chiefly , that no " future criticks might ever have an opportunity of ...
... most implicit and unlimited confidence ) ad- " vifed me to make an unreserved disclosure of all the lines I had " interpolated against Milton , with this view , chiefly , that no " future criticks might ever have an opportunity of ...
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... most fanguine of his admirers ! and as this was my cool and fincere opinion of that wonderful man formerly , fo I declare it to be the fame ftill , and ever will be , notwithstanding all ap- pearances to the contrary , occafioned merely ...
... most fanguine of his admirers ! and as this was my cool and fincere opinion of that wonderful man formerly , fo I declare it to be the fame ftill , and ever will be , notwithstanding all ap- pearances to the contrary , occafioned merely ...
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... most illuftrious and venerable names by mif- representation and delufion , and to appear hereafter in fuch a character , as fhall give you no reason to regret that your name is frequently mentioned with that of , Dec. 20 , $ 750 ...
... most illuftrious and venerable names by mif- representation and delufion , and to appear hereafter in fuch a character , as fhall give you no reason to regret that your name is frequently mentioned with that of , Dec. 20 , $ 750 ...
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... most " undoubtedly perfect . " And in the former part of the Letter he gives the principle of his fyftem in thefe words : " Omnipotence cannot work contra- " dictions , it can only effect all poffible things . " But fo little are we ...
... most " undoubtedly perfect . " And in the former part of the Letter he gives the principle of his fyftem in thefe words : " Omnipotence cannot work contra- " dictions , it can only effect all poffible things . " But fo little are we ...
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Page 396 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground •which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Page 348 - Books are faithful repositories, which may be a while neglected or forgotten; but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction: memory, once interrupted, is not to be recalled. Written learning is a fixed luminary, which, after the cloud that had hidden it has passed away, is again bright in its proper station. Tradition is but a meteor, which, if once it falls, cannot be rekindled.
Page 46 - Many a merry bout have these frolic beings at the vicissitudes of an ague, and good sport it is to see a man tumble with an epilepsy, and revive and tumble again, and all this he knows not why.
Page 416 - Such are the things which this journey has given me an opportunity of seeing, and such are the reflections which that sight has raised. Having passed my time almost wholly in cities, I may have been surprised by modes of life and appearances of nature, that are familiar to men of wider survey and more varied conversation. Novelty and ignorance must always be reciprocal, and I cannot but be conscious that my thoughts on national manners, are the thoughts of one who has seen but little.
Page 357 - ... 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 33 - The poor indeed are insensible of many little vexations which sometimes embitter the possessions and pollute the enjoyments of the rich. They are not pained by casual incivility, or mortified by the mutilation of a compliment; but this happiness is like that of a malefactor, who ceases to feel the cords that bind him when the pincers are tearing his flesh.
Page 35 - To entail irreversible poverty upon generation after generation, only because the ancestor happened to be poor, is in itself cruel, if not unjust, and is wholly contrary to the maxims of a commercial nation, which always suppose and promote a rotation of property, and offer every individual a chance of mending his condition by his diligence.
Page 48 - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
Page 42 - We have no reason, therefore, to look upon death as an evil, or to fear it as a...
Page 255 - 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.