The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Johnson, 1806 |
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... seldom heartily abhorred . The Roman tyrant was content to be hated , if he was but fear- VOL . IV . C ed ; and there are thousands of the readers of N ° 4 . 25 THE RAMBLER . Rashness preferable to cowardice Enterprize to be repressed.
... seldom heartily abhorred . The Roman tyrant was content to be hated , if he was but fear- VOL . IV . C ed ; and there are thousands of the readers of N ° 4 . 25 THE RAMBLER . Rashness preferable to cowardice Enterprize to be repressed.
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Samuel Johnson. It may be laid down as a position which will seldom deceive , that when a man cannot bear his own company there is something wrong . He must fly from himself , either because he feels a tedious- ness in life from the ...
Samuel Johnson. It may be laid down as a position which will seldom deceive , that when a man cannot bear his own company there is something wrong . He must fly from himself , either because he feels a tedious- ness in life from the ...
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... seldom totally avoided by those whose judgment is much exercised upon the works of art . He has always a certain prospect of discov- ering new reasons for adoring the Author of the universe , and probable hopes of making some dis ...
... seldom totally avoided by those whose judgment is much exercised upon the works of art . He has always a certain prospect of discov- ering new reasons for adoring the Author of the universe , and probable hopes of making some dis ...
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... seldom range beyond those entertainments and vexations , which solicit their at- tention by pressing on their senses . But there is an universal reason for some stated intervals of solitude , which the institutions of the church call ...
... seldom range beyond those entertainments and vexations , which solicit their at- tention by pressing on their senses . But there is an universal reason for some stated intervals of solitude , which the institutions of the church call ...
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... seldom willing to change it for any other on the same level ; for whether it be that he who follows an employment , made choice of it at first on account of its suit- ableness to his inclination ; or that when accident or the ...
... seldom willing to change it for any other on the same level ; for whether it be that he who follows an employment , made choice of it at first on account of its suit- ableness to his inclination ; or that when accident or the ...
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Página 260 - 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 25 - I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials as the various revolutions of things shall bring upon it, may by conquering some calamities, and enduring others, teach us what we may hope, and what we can perform.
Página 49 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Página 22 - But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man, young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like part.
Página 23 - If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account; or why it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind, as upon a mirror which shows all that presents itself without discrimination.
Página 23 - ... it, to initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of necessary defence, and to increase prudence without impairing virtue.
Página 98 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Página 55 - Yet by some such fortuitous liquefaction was mankind taught to procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind; which might extend the sight of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, and charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of the material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life; and, what is yet of more importance, might supply the decays of nature, and succour...
Página 63 - It is surely not to be observed without indignation, that men may be found of minds mean enough to be satisfied with this treatment; wretches who are proud to obtain the privilege of madmen...
Página 277 - Infinite goodness is the source of created existence ; the proper tendency of every rational being, from the highest order of raptured seraphs, to the meanest rank of men, is to rise incessantly from lower degrees of happiness to higher. They have each faculties assigned them for various orders of delights.