The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen 7Nichols, 1816 |
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... learned or familiar , serious or gay , political or moral , continued or in- terrupted , it is hoped that no reader will enquire . That the Idler has some scheme , cannot be doubted , for to form schemes is the Idler's privilege . But ...
... learned or familiar , serious or gay , political or moral , continued or in- terrupted , it is hoped that no reader will enquire . That the Idler has some scheme , cannot be doubted , for to form schemes is the Idler's privilege . But ...
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Samuel Johnson. whose performances , though in the highest degree elegant and learned , have been unavoidably de- layed . What then will be thought of me , who , having ex- perienced no kindness , have no thanks to return ; whom no ...
Samuel Johnson. whose performances , though in the highest degree elegant and learned , have been unavoidably de- layed . What then will be thought of me , who , having ex- perienced no kindness , have no thanks to return ; whom no ...
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... learned the use of their weapons by fencing against a post in the place of an enemy . Another has his pockets filled with essays and epigrams , which he reads from house to house , to select parties ; and which his acquaintances are ...
... learned the use of their weapons by fencing against a post in the place of an enemy . Another has his pockets filled with essays and epigrams , which he reads from house to house , to select parties ; and which his acquaintances are ...
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... them ; he has himself to please as well as them , and has long learned , or endeavoured to learn , not to make the pleasure of others too ne- cessary to his own . NUMB . 4. SATURDAY , May 6 , 1758 . 12 N ° 3 . THE IDLER .
... them ; he has himself to please as well as them , and has long learned , or endeavoured to learn , not to make the pleasure of others too ne- cessary to his own . NUMB . 4. SATURDAY , May 6 , 1758 . 12 N ° 3 . THE IDLER .
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... learned disappointment , who am con- tent to credit my senses , and to believe that rain will fall when the air blackens , and that the weather will be dry when the sun is bright . My caution indeed does not always preserve me from a ...
... learned disappointment , who am con- tent to credit my senses , and to believe that rain will fall when the air blackens , and that the weather will be dry when the sun is bright . My caution indeed does not always preserve me from a ...
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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.