The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.L. Hansard, 1806 |
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... give some mind , more vigo- rous or more adventurous than his own , leisure for new thoughts and original designs . But the collections poured lately from the press have been seldom made at any great expence of time or inquiry , and ...
... give some mind , more vigo- rous or more adventurous than his own , leisure for new thoughts and original designs . But the collections poured lately from the press have been seldom made at any great expence of time or inquiry , and ...
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... give us every day new testimonies of his taste and circumspection ; sometimes the street was too narrow for a double range of coaches ; sometimes it was an obscure place , not inhabited by persons of quality . Some places were dirty ...
... give us every day new testimonies of his taste and circumspection ; sometimes the street was too narrow for a double range of coaches ; sometimes it was an obscure place , not inhabited by persons of quality . Some places were dirty ...
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... give him satisfaction . We do not indeed so often disappoint others as ourselves . We not only think more highly than others of our own abilities , but allow ourselves to form hopes which we never communicate , and please our thoughts ...
... give him satisfaction . We do not indeed so often disappoint others as ourselves . We not only think more highly than others of our own abilities , but allow ourselves to form hopes which we never communicate , and please our thoughts ...
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... give it , may prove how little it can be admitted in- to any other place , where it can have no recom- mendation but from truth and nature . The use of English oratory is only at the bar , in the parliament , and in the church . Neither ...
... give it , may prove how little it can be admitted in- to any other place , where it can have no recom- mendation but from truth and nature . The use of English oratory is only at the bar , in the parliament , and in the church . Neither ...
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... have little need of any foreign help . Though our language , not being very analogical , gives few opportunities for grammatical researches , yet we have not wanted authors who have consi- dered N ° 91 . 23 THE IDLER .
... have little need of any foreign help . Though our language , not being very analogical , gives few opportunities for grammatical researches , yet we have not wanted authors who have consi- dered N ° 91 . 23 THE IDLER .
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317 페이지 - 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...
317 페이지 - ... 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 ruins of lona ! We came too late to visit monuments : some care was necessary for ourselves.
118 페이지 - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
72 페이지 - ... in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties to the simplicity of...
177 페이지 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. 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.
69 페이지 - Acorns, so Men are by some unaccountable power driven one against another, till they lose their motion, that Vultures may be fed. Others think they have observed something of contrivance and policy among these...
59 페이지 - ... pleasures. But at fifty no man easily finds a woman beautiful as the Houries, and wise as Zobeide. I inquired and rejected, consulted and deliberated, till the sixtysecond year made me ashamed of gazing upon girls. I had now nothing left but retirement ; and for retirement I never found a time, till disease forced me from public employment.
43 페이지 - He that instructs must offer to the mind something to be imitated, or something to be avoided ; he that pleases must offor new images to his reader, and enable him to form a tacit comparison of his own state with that of others. • The greater part of travellers tell nothing, because their method of travelling supplies them with nothing to be told.
197 페이지 - A man of the Hebrides, for of the women's diet I can give no account, as soon as he appears in the morning, swallows a glass of whisky; yet they are not a drunken race...
59 페이지 - Such was my scheme, and such has been its consequence. With an insatiable thirst for knowledge, I trifled away the years of improvement ; with a restless desire of seeing different countries, I have always resided in the same city ; with the highest expectation of connubial felicity, I have lived unmarried ; and with unalterable resolutions of contemplative retirement, I am going to die within the walls of Bagdat.