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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... first produced it ; and how much foever is given , there must always be reason to imagine that more remains . Rambler , v . 4 , P - 257 . A man once diftinguished , foon gains ad- mirers . Life of Roger Afcham , p . 244 , AMAMBΙΤΙΟΝ ...
... first produced it ; and how much foever is given , there must always be reason to imagine that more remains . Rambler , v . 4 , P - 257 . A man once diftinguished , foon gains ad- mirers . Life of Roger Afcham , p . 244 , AMAMBΙΤΙΟΝ ...
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... first hour is more weary the second , as bodies formed into motion , contrary to their ten- dency , pass more and more flowly through every successive interval of space . Johnson's Life of Prior . An author who asks a subscription soon ...
... first hour is more weary the second , as bodies formed into motion , contrary to their ten- dency , pass more and more flowly through every successive interval of space . Johnson's Life of Prior . An author who asks a subscription soon ...
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... first wish is to be handsome ; and that consequently the readiest method of obtaining her kindness is to praise her beauty . Ditto , v . 4 , p . 159 . As we are more accustomed to beauty than deformity , we may conclude that to be the ...
... first wish is to be handsome ; and that consequently the readiest method of obtaining her kindness is to praise her beauty . Ditto , v . 4 , p . 159 . As we are more accustomed to beauty than deformity , we may conclude that to be the ...
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... first qualification of an historian , the know- ledge of the truth ; and though it may plau- fibly be objected , that his temptations to disguise it , are equal to his opportunities of knowing it , yet it cannot but be thought , that ...
... first qualification of an historian , the know- ledge of the truth ; and though it may plau- fibly be objected , that his temptations to disguise it , are equal to his opportunities of knowing it , yet it cannot but be thought , that ...
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... first requifite to great undertakings , yet he who forms his opinion of himself , without knowing the powers of other men , is very liable to error . Johnson's Life of Pope . It may be no less dangerous to claim , on certain occafions ...
... first requifite to great undertakings , yet he who forms his opinion of himself , without knowing the powers of other men , is very liable to error . Johnson's Life of Pope . It may be no less dangerous to claim , on certain occafions ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
almoſt becauſe beſt cafe cauſe confcience confidered Corporal cuſtom defire deſigns diſtreſs Ditto eaſe eſcape evil faid my uncle falſe fame fear feem feldom Fever firſt fome fomething fometimes foon forrow foul friendſhip fubject fuch fuffer fure hand happineſs heart himſelf houſe Idler intereſt Iſlands itſelf juſt labour laſt leſs look loſe ment mind miſeries moſt muſt myſelf nature neceſſary neſs never obſerved occafion ourſelves paffion paſs paſſed paſſions pleaſe your honour pleaſure poor praiſe preſent purpoſe quoth my uncle raiſe Rambler reaſon reſt riſe ſaid ſame ſay ſcarce ſecurity ſee ſeems ſenſe SERMON ſervice ſet ſhall SHANDY ſhe ſhew ſhop ſhort ſhould ſince Slop ſmall ſome ſpeak ſpirit ſtand ſtate ſtill ſtory ſtudy ſuch ſuppoſe ſword thee themſelves theſe thing thoſe thou Trim truth uncle Toby uncle Toby's uſe virtue whoſe wiſh
Beliebte Passagen
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...