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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... use , and that nothing is penuri- ously imparted , or placed from the reach of man , of which a more liberal diftribution , or a more eafy acquifition would encrease real and rational felicity . C. Idler , v . 1 , p . 206 . CONFIDENCE ...
... use , and that nothing is penuri- ously imparted , or placed from the reach of man , of which a more liberal diftribution , or a more eafy acquifition would encrease real and rational felicity . C. Idler , v . 1 , p . 206 . CONFIDENCE ...
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... use . Rambler , v 1 , p . 180 . Fear is implanted in us as a prefervative from evil ; but its duty , like that of other paffions , is not to overbear reason , but to affift it ; nor fhould it be fuffered to tyran- nize in the ...
... use . Rambler , v 1 , p . 180 . Fear is implanted in us as a prefervative from evil ; but its duty , like that of other paffions , is not to overbear reason , but to affift it ; nor fhould it be fuffered to tyran- nize in the ...
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... use- ful ; and it may be doubted , whether we should be more benefited by the art of memory , or the art of forgetfulness . Ditto , ditto , p . 110 . Forgetfulness is neceffary to remembrance . Ditto , ditto . To forget , or to remember ...
... use- ful ; and it may be doubted , whether we should be more benefited by the art of memory , or the art of forgetfulness . Ditto , ditto , p . 110 . Forgetfulness is neceffary to remembrance . Ditto , ditto . To forget , or to remember ...
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... use of power in foreign countries , to enrich themselves and dependants ; live with hearts full of that ma- lignity which fear of detection always generates in them , who are to defend unjuft acquifitions againft lawful authority ; and ...
... use of power in foreign countries , to enrich themselves and dependants ; live with hearts full of that ma- lignity which fear of detection always generates in them , who are to defend unjuft acquifitions againft lawful authority ; and ...
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... use- ful to the society which they have injured , than be driven from it . Life of Savage . There is reason to expect that as the world is more enlightened , policy and morality will at last be reconciled , and that nations will learn ...
... use- ful to the society which they have injured , than be driven from it . Life of Savage . There is reason to expect that as the world is more enlightened , policy and morality will at last be reconciled , and that nations will learn ...
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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...