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To “ be so distinguished is an honour which , being “ very little accustomed to
favours from the “ great , I know not well how to receive , or in “ what terms to
acknowledge . “ When upon some slight encouragement , “ I first visited your
Lordship , I ...
To “ be so distinguished is an honour which , being “ very little accustomed to
favours from the “ great , I know not well how to receive , or in “ what terms to
acknowledge . “ When upon some slight encouragement , “ I first visited your
Lordship , I ...
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... opportunities to bark and snarl throughout a volume of six hundred pages ,
may , if he will , pretend to moralize ; but GOODNESS OF HEART , or , to use that
politer phrase , the virtue of a horse or a dog , would redound more to his honour
.
... opportunities to bark and snarl throughout a volume of six hundred pages ,
may , if he will , pretend to moralize ; but GOODNESS OF HEART , or , to use that
politer phrase , the virtue of a horse or a dog , would redound more to his honour
.
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... the position , that though man ' s “ a fool , yet God is wise ; that human ad“
vantages are unstable ; that our true honour “ is , not to have a great part , but to
act it " well ; that virtue only is our own , and that “ happiness is always in our
power .
... the position , that though man ' s “ a fool , yet God is wise ; that human ad“
vantages are unstable ; that our true honour “ is , not to have a great part , but to
act it " well ; that virtue only is our own , and that “ happiness is always in our
power .
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Nor will I trust th ' uncertain chance of combat ; The rights of princes let the sword
decide , The petty claims of empire and of honour : Revenge and subtle jealousy
shall teach A surer passage to his hated heart . CALI . O spare the gallant ...
Nor will I trust th ' uncertain chance of combat ; The rights of princes let the sword
decide , The petty claims of empire and of honour : Revenge and subtle jealousy
shall teach A surer passage to his hated heart . CALI . O spare the gallant ...
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Remember peace and anguish are before thee , And honour and reproach , and
Heav ' n and Hell . ASPASIA . Content with freedom , and precarious greatness .
DEMETRIUS . Now make thy choice , while yet the pow ' r of choice Kind Heav ...
Remember peace and anguish are before thee , And honour and reproach , and
Heav ' n and Hell . ASPASIA . Content with freedom , and precarious greatness .
DEMETRIUS . Now make thy choice , while yet the pow ' r of choice Kind Heav ...
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Página 166 - Implore his aid, in his decisions rest, Secure whate'er he gives, he gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Página 167 - When Learning's triumph o'er her barb'rous foes First rear'd the stage, immortal Shakespeare rose; Each change of many-colour'd life he drew, Exhausted worlds, and then imagin'd new: • Existence saw him spurn her bounded reign, And panting Time toil'd after him in vain.
Página 43 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 156 - LET observation, with extensive view, Survey mankind, from China to Peru ; Remark each anxious toil, each eager strife, And watch the busy scenes of crowded life...
Página 282 - Oft in danger, yet alive, We are come to thirty-five ; Long may better years arrive, Better years than thirty-five. Could philosophers contrive Life to stop at thirty-five, Time his hours should never drive O'er the bounds of thirty-five. High to soar, and deep to dive, Nature gives at thirty-five. Ladies, stock and tend your hive, Trifle not at thirty-five : For howe'er we boast and strive, Life declines from thirty-five : He that ever hopes to thrive Must begin by thirty-five ; And all who wisely...
Página 34 - Johnson : one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well ; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Página 56 - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
Página 57 - Dictionary is recommended to the public, were written by your Lordship. To be so distinguished is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Página 162 - Hide, blushing glory, hide Pultowa's day : The vanquish'd hero leaves his broken bands, And shows his miseries in distant lands ; Condemn'da needy supplicant to wait, While ladies interpose, and slaves debate. But did not chance at length her error mend ? Did no subverted empire mark his end ? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound ? Or hostile millions press him to the ground. His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew...
Página 157 - And crowds with crimes the records of mankind : For gold his sword the hireling ruffian draws ; For gold the hireling judge distorts the laws ; Wealth heap'd on wealth, nor truth nor safety buys, The dangers gather as the treasures rise.
Información bibliográfica
| Título | The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. Volumen 1 de The works of Samuel Johnson, Samuel Johnson |
| Autor | Samuel Johnson |
| Editor | E. Blackader, 1806 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Oxford |
| Digitalizado | 21 Sep 2006 |
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