The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The ramblerT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... fome ladies have taught themselves to believe that every man intends love , who expreffes civility , the miscarriage of any endeavour in learning raises an unbounded contempt , indulged by most minds without fcruple , as an ho- neft ...
... fome ladies have taught themselves to believe that every man intends love , who expreffes civility , the miscarriage of any endeavour in learning raises an unbounded contempt , indulged by most minds without fcruple , as an ho- neft ...
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... fome pof- fible good , till the time of obtaining it has flipped away . There would however be few enterprizes of great labour or hazard undertaken , if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages which we per- fuade ourselves to ...
... fome pof- fible good , till the time of obtaining it has flipped away . There would however be few enterprizes of great labour or hazard undertaken , if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages which we per- fuade ourselves to ...
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... fome weak hope , that my prefervatives may extend their virtue to others , whofe employment ex- poses them to the fame danger : Laudis amore tumes ? Sunt certa piacula , quæ te Ter pure lecto poterunt recreare libello . Is fame your ...
... fome weak hope , that my prefervatives may extend their virtue to others , whofe employment ex- poses them to the fame danger : Laudis amore tumes ? Sunt certa piacula , quæ te Ter pure lecto poterunt recreare libello . Is fame your ...
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... fome means of recommendation . It is probable , that the most malignant of these per- fecutors might be fomewhat foftened , and pre- vailed on , for a fhort time , to remit their fury . Having for this purpose confidered many expe ...
... fome means of recommendation . It is probable , that the most malignant of these per- fecutors might be fomewhat foftened , and pre- vailed on , for a fhort time , to remit their fury . Having for this purpose confidered many expe ...
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... fome imposture attempted ; that falfe colours were laboriously laid ; that fome fecret inequality was found between the words and fentiments , or fome diffimilitude of the ideas and the original objects ; that incongruities were linked ...
... fome imposture attempted ; that falfe colours were laboriously laid ; that fome fecret inequality was found between the words and fentiments , or fome diffimilitude of the ideas and the original objects ; that incongruities were linked ...
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Términos y frases comunes
againſt almoſt amuſements Anthea becauſe buſineſs caufe cauſe cenfure confequence confider confulted converfation curiofity defire diſcover eafily endeavour equally eſcape eſtabliſhed fame fatisfaction favour fays fchemes fear fecret fecure feem feldom fent fentiments fervant fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon fpring friends friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fuppofe fure genius happineſs himſelf honour hope houſe imagination induſtry inftruction intereft itſelf kindneſs labour lady laft laſt LEARNING leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind meaſures mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity never NUMB obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pain perfons perfuaded pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reaſon reft refuſed ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe
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Página 2 - It is therefore not a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn; nor of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable to observation and experience, for that observation which is called knowledge of the world, will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.
Página 289 - If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition.
Página 13 - There have been men indeed splendidly wicked, whose endowments threw a brightness on their crimes, and whom scarce any villainy made perfectly detestable, because they never could be wholly divested of their excellencies; but such have been in all ages the great corrupters of the world, and their resemblance ought no more to be preserved than the art of murdering without pain.
Página 207 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.
Página 300 - He rose with confidence and tranquillity, and pressed on with his sabre in his hand, for the beasts of the desert were in motion, and on every hand were heard the mingled howls of rage and fear, and ravage and expiration ; all the horrors of darkness and solitude surrounded him ; the winds roared in the woods, and the torrents tumbled from the hills.
Página 197 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have...
Página 303 - ... effort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere endeavours ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors ; and that he who implores strength and courage from above, shall find danger and difficulty give way before him.
Página 12 - ... we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder our pleasure, or, perhaps, regard them with some kindness, for being united with so much merit.
Página 287 - Our passions are therefore more strongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or pleasure proposed to our minds, by recognising them as once our own, or considering them as naturally incident to our state of life.