The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: The RamblerTalboys and Wheeler, 1825 |
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... allured on one side , and frightened on the other , some should endeavour to gain favour by bribing the judge with an appearance of respect which they do not feel , to excite compassion by confessing weakness B 2 No. 1 . 3 THE RAMBLER .
... allured on one side , and frightened on the other , some should endeavour to gain favour by bribing the judge with an appearance of respect which they do not feel , to excite compassion by confessing weakness B 2 No. 1 . 3 THE RAMBLER .
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... gain by this preoccupation of the soul , arises that conflict between opposite desires in the first endeavours after a religious life ; which , however enthusiastically it may have been described , or however contemptuously ridiculed ...
... gain by this preoccupation of the soul , arises that conflict between opposite desires in the first endeavours after a religious life ; which , however enthusiastically it may have been described , or however contemptuously ridiculed ...
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... gain a more forcible and permanent influence , till in time they become the reigning ideas , the standing prin- ciples of action , and the test by which every thing pro- posed to the judgment is rejected or approved . To facilitate this ...
... gain a more forcible and permanent influence , till in time they become the reigning ideas , the standing prin- ciples of action , and the test by which every thing pro- posed to the judgment is rejected or approved . To facilitate this ...
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... gain , by confession , great opportunities of knowing human nature , have generally determined , that what it is a crime to do , it is a crime to think " . Since by revolving with This was determined before their time . See Matt , ch ...
... gain , by confession , great opportunities of knowing human nature , have generally determined , that what it is a crime to do , it is a crime to think " . Since by revolving with This was determined before their time . See Matt , ch ...
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... gain it , and to image the happiness of particular conditions , till we can be easy in no other . We ought , at least , to let our desires fix " upon nothing in another's power for the sake of our quiet , or in another's possession for ...
... gain it , and to image the happiness of particular conditions , till we can be easy in no other . We ought , at least , to let our desires fix " upon nothing in another's power for the sake of our quiet , or in another's possession for ...
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acquaintance amusements ance appearance attention beauty Catherine Talbot censure common considered contempt curiosity danger delight Demochares desire discover domestick DRYDEN duty easily endeavour envy Epictetus equally errour evil excellence expect eyes favour fear felicity flatter folly fortune frequently gain genius give gratify happen happiness heart honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination incited inclined indulge inquiries Jupiter kind knowledge labour lady learning lence Leniter less lives look mankind marriage ment mind miscarriages misery moral nature necessary neglect neral ness never numbers observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure portunity praise precepts publick racter Rambler reason regard reproach rest riety SATURDAY seldom sometimes soon sophism stockjobber suffer syllables tenderness thing thought thousand tion truth TUESDAY vanity verse VIRG Virgil virtue wish writing
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Página 437 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
Página 202 - 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 39 - Evil into the mind of God or man May Come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Página 445 - Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Página 311 - ... and despised the petty curiosity that led him on from trifle to trifle. While he was thus reflecting, the air grew blacker, and a clap of thunder broke his meditation.
Página 15 - THE works of fiction, with which the present generation seems more particularly delighted, are such as exhibit life in its true state, diversified only by accidents that daily happen in the world, and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with mankind.
Página 424 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drown'd Both harp and voice; nor could the muse defend Her son. So fail not thou, who thee implores; For thou art heavenly, she an empty dream.
Página 424 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
Página 43 - Who, when he saw the first sand or ashes, by a casual intenseness of heat melted into a metalline form, rugged with excrescences, and clouded with impurities, would have imagined, that in this shapeless lump lay concealed so many conveniences of life, as would in time constitute a great part of the happiness of the world...
Página 380 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.