The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Nichols and Son, 1801 - Biography |
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... probably prove ef- " fectual for refcuing me from the odium of the publick , and in " fome measure reftoring my character to the honour it had loft , " I was then difpofed to believe . His repeated acts of friendship " to me on former ...
... probably prove ef- " fectual for refcuing me from the odium of the publick , and in " fome measure reftoring my character to the honour it had loft , " I was then difpofed to believe . His repeated acts of friendship " to me on former ...
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... probably look back upon the diversions " and occupations of this world with the fame con- " tempt we do now on our tops and hobby - horses , " and with the fame furprise that they could ever fo " much entertain or engage us . 99 I would ...
... probably look back upon the diversions " and occupations of this world with the fame con- " tempt we do now on our tops and hobby - horses , " and with the fame furprise that they could ever fo " much entertain or engage us . 99 I would ...
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... probably from their first inftitution , but certainly , as their records . inform us , from the 23d of Elizabeth , when they expelled a member for derogating from their pri- vileges . It may perhaps be doubted , whether it was ori ...
... probably from their first inftitution , but certainly , as their records . inform us , from the 23d of Elizabeth , when they expelled a member for derogating from their pri- vileges . It may perhaps be doubted , whether it was ori ...
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... probably judged , that not being bound to the forms of law , they might treat these as felons , whofe crimes were in their opinion equivalent to felony ; and that as a known felon could not be chofen , a man fo like a felon , that he ...
... probably judged , that not being bound to the forms of law , they might treat these as felons , whofe crimes were in their opinion equivalent to felony ; and that as a known felon could not be chofen , a man fo like a felon , that he ...
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... probably right , and that if it be wrong it is of little confequence , fince a like cafe cannot eafily occur ; that expulfions are very rare , and if they fhould , by unbounded infolence of faction , become more frequent , the electors ...
... probably right , and that if it be wrong it is of little confequence , fince a like cafe cannot eafily occur ; that expulfions are very rare , and if they fhould , by unbounded infolence of faction , become more frequent , the electors ...
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Page 394 - 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 158 - ... that the continent of North America contains three millions, not of men merely, but of Whigs, of Whigs fierce for liberty, and disdainful of dominion; that they multiply with the fecundity of their own rattlesnakes, so that every quarter of a century doubles their numbers.
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 414 - 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 346 - 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 355 - ... 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 6 - It is yet in the power of a great people to reward the poet whose name they boast, and from their alliance to whose genius they claim some kind of superiority to every other nation of the earth; that poet, whose works may possibly be read when every other monument of British greatness shall be obliterated ; to reward him, not with pictures or with medals, which, if he sees, he sees with contempt, but with tokens of gratitude, which he, perhaps, may even now consider as not unworthy the regard of...
Page 48 - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...