The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 7Nichols, 1816 |
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... censure , imagines that he is hurting none but the author , and him he considers as a pestilent animal , whom every other being has a right to per- secute ; little does he think how many harmless men he involves in his own guilt , by ...
... censure , imagines that he is hurting none but the author , and him he considers as a pestilent animal , whom every other being has a right to per- secute ; little does he think how many harmless men he involves in his own guilt , by ...
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... censure , and hasten that neglect which is likely to come too soon of itself . The open competitions between different hospitals , and the animosity with which their patrons oppose one another , may pre- judice weak minds against them ...
... censure , and hasten that neglect which is likely to come too soon of itself . The open competitions between different hospitals , and the animosity with which their patrons oppose one another , may pre- judice weak minds against them ...
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... censure . I know not whether statesmen and patrons do not suffer more reproaches than they deserve , and may not rather themselves complain , that they are given up a prey to preten- sions without merit , and to importunity without ...
... censure . I know not whether statesmen and patrons do not suffer more reproaches than they deserve , and may not rather themselves complain , that they are given up a prey to preten- sions without merit , and to importunity without ...
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... censure , that he teaches others to practise his own arts against himself ; and that , after a short enjoyment of the applause paid to his sagacity , or of the mirth ex-- cited his wit , he is doomed to suffer the same severities of ...
... censure , that he teaches others to practise his own arts against himself ; and that , after a short enjoyment of the applause paid to his sagacity , or of the mirth ex-- cited his wit , he is doomed to suffer the same severities of ...
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... censure , in compliance with inveterate prejudice and prevailing passions . Men are willing to credit what they wish , and encourage rather those who gratify them with pleasure , than those that instruct them with fide- lity . For this ...
... censure , in compliance with inveterate prejudice and prevailing passions . Men are willing to credit what they wish , and encourage rather those who gratify them with pleasure , than those that instruct them with fide- lity . For this ...
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Página 310 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the Divinity that stirs within us, 'Tis Heaven itself, that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Página 315 - DOUBTLESS the pleasure is as great Of being cheated, as to cheat ; As lookers-on feel most delight That least perceive a juggler's sleight, And still, the less they understand, The more...
Página 310 - Here will I hold. If there's a power above us — And that there is, all nature cries aloud Through all her works — He must delight in virtue; And that which He delights in must be happy.
Página 331 - I have no doubt but that, if we were more used to deformity than beauty, deformity would then lose the idea now annexed to it, and take that of beauty; as, if the whole world should agree that yes and no should change their meanings, yes would then deny, and no would affirm...
Página 261 - there is the following very extraordinary paragraph: " The authenticity of Clarendon's history, though printed with the sanction of one of the first Universities of the world, had not an unexpected manuscript been happily discovered, would, with the help of factious credulity, have been brought into question, by the two lowest of all human beings, a Scribbler for a party, and a Commissioner of Excise.
Página 173 - If the parts of time were not variously coloured, we should never discern their departure or succession, but should live thoughtless of the past, and careless of the future...
Página 166 - These are the great occasions which force the mind to take refuge in religion: when we have no help in ourselves, what can remain but that we look up to a higher and a greater power; and to what hope may we not raise our eyes and hearts, when we consider that the greatest power is the best. Surely there is no man who, thus afflicted, does not seek succour in the Gospel, which has brought “life and immortality to light.
Página 252 - I^HE natural progress of the works of men is from rudeness to convenience, from convenience to elegance, and from elegance to nicety, The first labour is enforced by necessity.
Página 159 - Promise, large promise, is the soul of an advertisement. I remember a wash-ball that had a quality truly wonderful — it gave an exquisite edge to the razor.
Página 319 - ... ridiculous. Such faults may be said to be the ebullitions of genius; but at least he had this merit, that he never was insipid, and whatever passion his works may excite, they will always escape contempt. What I have had under consideration is the sublimest style, particularly that of Michael Angela, the Homer of painting.