The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, Accurately Extracted from the Works of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and Arranged in Alphabetical Order, After the Manner of the Duke de la Roche-Foucault's Maxims, Band 1G. Kearsly, 1782 - 209 Seiten |
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... fometimes not ourfelves confcious of the original motives of our actions , and when we know them , our first care is to hide them from the fight of others , and often from those most diligently whofe fuperiority either of power or under ...
... fometimes not ourfelves confcious of the original motives of our actions , and when we know them , our first care is to hide them from the fight of others , and often from those most diligently whofe fuperiority either of power or under ...
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... of hope and comfort ; as in the works of nature , the bog is fometimes covered with flowers , and the mine concealed in the barien crags . Rambler , v . 3 , p . 135 . C ARMY . ARM Y. An army , especially a defenfive army , ( 13 )
... of hope and comfort ; as in the works of nature , the bog is fometimes covered with flowers , and the mine concealed in the barien crags . Rambler , v . 3 , p . 135 . C ARMY . ARM Y. An army , especially a defenfive army , ( 13 )
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... fometimes be furprised before reflection can come to his refcue : when the appetites . have strengthened their influence by habit , they are not eafily refifted or fuppreffed ; but for the frigid villainy of studious lewdness , for the ...
... fometimes be furprised before reflection can come to his refcue : when the appetites . have strengthened their influence by habit , they are not eafily refifted or fuppreffed ; but for the frigid villainy of studious lewdness , for the ...
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... fometimes contracted by want , and fometimes hardened by blaits . Supreme beauty is feldom found in cottages , or work- fhops , even where no real hardfhips are fuf- fered . To expand the human face to its full perfection , it feems ...
... fometimes contracted by want , and fometimes hardened by blaits . Supreme beauty is feldom found in cottages , or work- fhops , even where no real hardfhips are fuf- fered . To expand the human face to its full perfection , it feems ...
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... fometimes implore the fame affiftance . Idler , v . 2 , p . 209 . CHARITY TO CAPTIVES . THE relief of enemies has a tendency to unite mankind in fraternal affection , to foften the acrimony of adverse nations , and dispose them to peace ...
... fometimes implore the fame affiftance . Idler , v . 2 , p . 209 . CHARITY TO CAPTIVES . THE relief of enemies has a tendency to unite mankind in fraternal affection , to foften the acrimony of adverse nations , and dispose them to peace ...
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againſt almoſt becauſe beſt cafe caufe cauſe cloſe confcience confequence confider defire Ditto eaſe eaſily evil fafely faid my uncle faid the Corporal fame fecure feems feldom fenfe ferve feven Fever fhall fhew fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon forrow foul fpirits ftand fubject fuch fuffer fuperiority fure fword greateſt hand happineſs heart himſelf honeft houſe Idler intereft itſelf juft juſt labour laft laſt leaſt lefs loft look mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never numbers obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pleafe pleaſe your honour pleaſure poor praiſe prefent Prince of Abyffinia purpoſe quoth my uncle raiſe Rambler reafon rife SERMON ſhall SHANDY ſhe ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtory thee themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion Trim truft uncle Toby uncle Toby's underſtanding uſe virtue whilft whofe worfe
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Seite 137 - ... there. He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction. I heard his chains upon his legs as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a deep sigh : I saw the iron enter into his soul. I burst into tears — I could not sustain the picture...
Seite 56 - But the truth is that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth and prove by events the reasonableness of...
Seite 2 - I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson ; and when he is fighting for his king, and for his own life, and for his honour too, he has the most reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world. 'Twas well said of thee, Trim, said my uncle Toby. But when a soldier, said I, an...
Seite 8 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to Heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in ; and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Seite 37 - And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, And with labour do we find the things that are before us...
Seite 150 - To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Seite 29 - ... who asks advice which he never takes; to the boaster, who blusters only to be praised; to the complainer, who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the...
Seite 4 - When I went up, continued the corporal, into the lieutenant's room, which I did not do till the expiration of the ten minutes, he was lying in his bed, with his head raised upon his hand, with his elbow upon the pillow, and a clean white cambric handkerchief beside it.
Seite 2 - I thought, said the curate, that you gentlemen of the army, Mr. Trim, never said your prayers at all. I heard the poor gentleman say his prayers last night, said the landlady, very devoutly, and with my own ears, or I could not have believed it. Are you sure of it? replied the curate. A soldier, an...
Seite xv - I despaired at first, said the Corporal, of being able to bring back any intelligence to your Honour about the Lieutenant and his son ; — for when I asked where his servant was, from whom I made myself sure of knowing every thing which was proper to be asked, (That's a right distinction, Trim, said my uncle Toby) I was answered, an...