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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Seite 79
... just measure of frugality ? To fuch no general answer can be given , since the liberty of spending , or necessity of parfimony , may be varied without end by different circum- stances . These three rules , however , may be laid down as ...
... just measure of frugality ? To fuch no general answer can be given , since the liberty of spending , or necessity of parfimony , may be varied without end by different circum- stances . These three rules , however , may be laid down as ...
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... just observation , that with regard to outward circumstances , happiness and mifery are equally diffused through all states of human life . In civilized countries , where regular policies have fecured the ne- ceffaries of life ...
... just observation , that with regard to outward circumstances , happiness and mifery are equally diffused through all states of human life . In civilized countries , where regular policies have fecured the ne- ceffaries of life ...
Seite 81
... have not often given any just occa- fon to envy in those who look up to them from a lower station . Whether it be , that apparent fuperiority incites great designs an and great designs are naturally liable to fa- tal mifcarriages ( 81 )
... have not often given any just occa- fon to envy in those who look up to them from a lower station . Whether it be , that apparent fuperiority incites great designs an and great designs are naturally liable to fa- tal mifcarriages ( 81 )
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... profecution . It is indeed at home that every man must be known , by those who would make a just estimate either of his vir- tue , or felicity ; for smiles and embroidery are are alike occasional , and the mind is often dressed ( 82 )
... profecution . It is indeed at home that every man must be known , by those who would make a just estimate either of his vir- tue , or felicity ; for smiles and embroidery are are alike occasional , and the mind is often dressed ( 82 )
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... just- ness , applied the observation of Quintilian , " that speech was not formed by an analogy fent from heaven . " It did not defcend to us in a state of uniformity and perfection , but was produced by neceffity , and enlarged by ...
... just- ness , applied the observation of Quintilian , " that speech was not formed by an analogy fent from heaven . " It did not defcend to us in a state of uniformity and perfection , but was produced by neceffity , and enlarged by ...
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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...