The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: Containing essays, tracts, and JourneyJ. Haddon, 1820 - English literature |
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... seems to have arisen a contest among men of genius and literature , who should most advance its honour , or best distinguish its beauties . Some have revised " It is to be hoped , nay , it is expected , that the elegant and nervous ...
... seems to have arisen a contest among men of genius and literature , who should most advance its honour , or best distinguish its beauties . Some have revised " It is to be hoped , nay , it is expected , that the elegant and nervous ...
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... seems to be free , and adopts the system of Mr Pope . That pain is no evil , if asserted with regard to the individuals who suffer it , is downright nonsense ; but if considered as it affects the uni- versal system , is an undoubted ...
... seems to be free , and adopts the system of Mr Pope . That pain is no evil , if asserted with regard to the individuals who suffer it , is downright nonsense ; but if considered as it affects the uni- versal system , is an undoubted ...
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... seems to be esta- blished on a concession , which , if it be refused , cannot be extorted . Every reason which can be brought to prove , that there are beings of every possible sort , will prove that there is the greatest number ...
... seems to be esta- blished on a concession , which , if it be refused , cannot be extorted . Every reason which can be brought to prove , that there are beings of every possible sort , will prove that there is the greatest number ...
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... thor says of its happiness seems applicable only to fatuity , or gross dulness ; for that inferiority of un- derstanding which makes one man without any VOL . VIII . D other reason , the slave , or tool , or FREE ENQUIRY , & c . 33.
... thor says of its happiness seems applicable only to fatuity , or gross dulness ; for that inferiority of un- derstanding which makes one man without any VOL . VIII . D other reason , the slave , or tool , or FREE ENQUIRY , & c . 33.
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... seems not completely master of his own opinion , should have spoken more cau- tiously of Omnipotence , nor have presumed to say what it could perform , or what it could prevent . I am in doubt whether those who stand highest in the ...
... seems not completely master of his own opinion , should have spoken more cau- tiously of Omnipotence , nor have presumed to say what it could perform , or what it could prevent . I am in doubt whether those who stand highest in the ...
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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...