The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.L. Hansard, 1806 |
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... equal wasters of human life , and would make no other difference between them , than between a beast of prey and a flight of locusts . N ° 86. SATURDAY , DECEMBER 8 , 1759 . TO THE IDLER . SIR , I AM a young lady newly married to a ...
... equal wasters of human life , and would make no other difference between them , than between a beast of prey and a flight of locusts . N ° 86. SATURDAY , DECEMBER 8 , 1759 . TO THE IDLER . SIR , I AM a young lady newly married to a ...
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... equal in abilities and diligence to ours ; but if we unite number with excellence , there is cer- tainly no nation which must not allow us to be su- perior . Of morality little is necessary to be said , because it is comprehended in ...
... equal in abilities and diligence to ours ; but if we unite number with excellence , there is cer- tainly no nation which must not allow us to be su- perior . Of morality little is necessary to be said , because it is comprehended in ...
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... equal to our bravery in battle . To this general prattle he will appeal hereafter , and will demand to have his foresight applauded , whoever shall at last be conquered or victorious . With Ned Smuggle all is a secret . He believes ...
... equal to our bravery in battle . To this general prattle he will appeal hereafter , and will demand to have his foresight applauded , whoever shall at last be conquered or victorious . With Ned Smuggle all is a secret . He believes ...
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... equal propriety , is deferred from day to day , till the mind is gradually reconciled to the omission , and the attention is turned to other objects . Thus habitual idleness gains too much power to be con- quered , and the soul shrinks ...
... equal propriety , is deferred from day to day , till the mind is gradually reconciled to the omission , and the attention is turned to other objects . Thus habitual idleness gains too much power to be con- quered , and the soul shrinks ...
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... he raised a house , equal in sumptuousness to that of the visier , to which he invited all the mi- nisters of pleasure , expecting to enjoy all the feli- city which he had imagined riches able to afford . 50 N ° 99 . THE IDLER .
... he raised a house , equal in sumptuousness to that of the visier , to which he invited all the mi- nisters of pleasure , expecting to enjoy all the feli- city which he had imagined riches able to afford . 50 N ° 99 . THE IDLER .
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Página 317 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
Página 317 - ... dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona ! We came too late to visit monuments : some care was necessary for ourselves.
Página 118 - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
Página 72 - ... in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties to the simplicity of...
Página 177 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Página 69 - Acorns, so Men are by some unaccountable power driven one against another, till they lose their motion, that Vultures may be fed. Others think they have observed something of contrivance and policy among these...
Página 59 - ... pleasures. But at fifty no man easily finds a woman beautiful as the Houries, and wise as Zobeide. I inquired and rejected, consulted and deliberated, till the sixtysecond year made me ashamed of gazing upon girls. I had now nothing left but retirement ; and for retirement I never found a time, till disease forced me from public employment.
Página 43 - He that instructs must offer to the mind something to be imitated, or something to be avoided ; he that pleases must offor new images to his reader, and enable him to form a tacit comparison of his own state with that of others. • The greater part of travellers tell nothing, because their method of travelling supplies them with nothing to be told.
Página 197 - A man of the Hebrides, for of the women's diet I can give no account, as soon as he appears in the morning, swallows a glass of whisky; yet they are not a drunken race...
Página 59 - Such was my scheme, and such has been its consequence. With an insatiable thirst for knowledge, I trifled away the years of improvement ; with a restless desire of seeing different countries, I have always resided in the same city ; with the highest expectation of connubial felicity, I have lived unmarried ; and with unalterable resolutions of contemplative retirement, I am going to die within the walls of Bagdat.