The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.L. Hansard, 1806 |
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... ignorant age bas many books . When the treasures of ancient knowledge lie unexamined , and original authors are neglected and forgotten , compilers and plagiaries are encouraged , who give us again what we had before , and grow great by ...
... ignorant age bas many books . When the treasures of ancient knowledge lie unexamined , and original authors are neglected and forgotten , compilers and plagiaries are encouraged , who give us again what we had before , and grow great by ...
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... ignorant and rude , who will be more affected by ve- hemence than delighted by propriety . In the pul- pit little action can be proper , for action can il- lustrate nothing but that to which it may be refer- red by nature or by custom ...
... ignorant and rude , who will be more affected by ve- hemence than delighted by propriety . In the pul- pit little action can be proper , for action can il- lustrate nothing but that to which it may be refer- red by nature or by custom ...
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... ignorant . I desired his opinion yesterday of the German war , and was told , that if the Prussians were well supported , something great may be expected ; but that they have very powerful enemes to encounter ; that the Austrian general ...
... ignorant . I desired his opinion yesterday of the German war , and was told , that if the Prussians were well supported , something great may be expected ; but that they have very powerful enemes to encounter ; that the Austrian general ...
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... ignorance obsequious ; and having estimated the good and evil of every quality , em- ployed my own diligence , and that of my friends , to find the lady in whom nature and reason had reached that happy mediocrity which is equally re ...
... ignorance obsequious ; and having estimated the good and evil of every quality , em- ployed my own diligence , and that of my friends , to find the lady in whom nature and reason had reached that happy mediocrity which is equally re ...
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... ignorant ambition may desire ; a " pretence which must eternally subsist ; because , " were we ever so much higher , there would be " still room for infinite power to exalt us ; and " since no link in the chain can be broke , the " same ...
... ignorant ambition may desire ; a " pretence which must eternally subsist ; because , " were we ever so much higher , there would be " still room for infinite power to exalt us ; and " since no link in the chain can be broke , the " same ...
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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.