The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: Containing essays, tracts, and JourneyJ. Haddon, 1820 - English literature |
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... happiness . How many soever of these evils then force themselves into the creation , so long as the good preponderates , it is a work well worthy of infinite wisdom and benevolence ; and , notwithstanding the imperfec- tions of its ...
... happiness . How many soever of these evils then force themselves into the creation , so long as the good preponderates , it is a work well worthy of infinite wisdom and benevolence ; and , notwithstanding the imperfec- tions of its ...
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... happiness is owing to his goodness ; but that it is no greater , is owing only to ourselves ; that is , to our not ha- ving any inherent right to any happiness , or even to any existence at all . This is no more to be im- puted to God ...
... happiness is owing to his goodness ; but that it is no greater , is owing only to ourselves ; that is , to our not ha- ving any inherent right to any happiness , or even to any existence at all . This is no more to be im- puted to God ...
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... happiness of the whole de- pend altogether on the just inferiority of its parts , that is , on the comparative imperfections of the se- veral beings of which it is composed . " It would have been no more an instance of God's wisdom to ...
... happiness of the whole de- pend altogether on the just inferiority of its parts , that is , on the comparative imperfections of the se- veral beings of which it is composed . " It would have been no more an instance of God's wisdom to ...
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... happiness is like that of a malefactor , who ceases to feel the cords that bind him , when the pin- cers are tearing his flesh . That want of taste for one enjoyment is supplied by the pleasures of some other , may be fairly al- lowed ...
... happiness is like that of a malefactor , who ceases to feel the cords that bind him , when the pin- cers are tearing his flesh . That want of taste for one enjoyment is supplied by the pleasures of some other , may be fairly al- lowed ...
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... happiness of madmen , as the case is not very frequent , it is not necessary to raise a disquisition ; but I cannot forbear to observe , that I never yet knew disorders of mind increase felicity : every madman is either arrogant and ...
... happiness of madmen , as the case is not very frequent , it is not necessary to raise a disquisition ; but I cannot forbear to observe , that I never yet knew disorders of mind increase felicity : every madman is either arrogant and ...
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Page 391 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Page 174 - That they are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent.
Page 48 - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
Page 249 - An eye accustomed to flowery pastures and waving harvests is astonished and repelled by this wide extent of hopeless sterility. The appearance is that of matter incapable of form or usefulness, dismissed by nature from her care, and disinherited of her favours, left in its original elemental state, or quickened only with -one sullen power of useless vegetation.
Page 285 - We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald, and his lady Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and, if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour.
Page 177 - British parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
Page 176 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Page 271 - If an epicure could remove by a wish, in quest of sensual gratifications, wherever he had supped he would breakfast in Scotland.
Page 219 - His history is written with elegance and vigour, but his fabulousness and credulity are justly blamed. His fabulousness. if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excused in an age when all men were credulous.
Page 177 - ... we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the British parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members...