The Works of Samuel JohnsonElectric Umbrella Publishing, 1825 |
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ix. oldal
... tell you , he bathes so many times . ' " Of the river Nile , which has furnished so much controversy , we have a full and clear description . It is called , by the natives , Abavi , the Father of Water . It rises in Sacala , a province ...
... tell you , he bathes so many times . ' " Of the river Nile , which has furnished so much controversy , we have a full and clear description . It is called , by the natives , Abavi , the Father of Water . It rises in Sacala , a province ...
xxi. oldal
... tell this anecdote to Mr. Nichols : but he said , " Wil- cox was one of my best friends , and he meant well . " In fact , Johnson , while employed in Gray's inn , may be said to have carried a porter's knot . He paused occasionally to ...
... tell this anecdote to Mr. Nichols : but he said , " Wil- cox was one of my best friends , and he meant well . " In fact , Johnson , while employed in Gray's inn , may be said to have carried a porter's knot . He paused occasionally to ...
xlix. oldal
... tell you , " said Johnson . " The impudence of an Irishman is the impudence of a fly , that buzzes about you , and you put it away , but it returns again , and flutters and teases you . The impudence of a Scotsman is the impudence of a ...
... tell you , " said Johnson . " The impudence of an Irishman is the impudence of a fly , that buzzes about you , and you put it away , but it returns again , and flutters and teases you . The impudence of a Scotsman is the impudence of a ...
lv. oldal
... tell that melancholy event . " On Wednes- day , the 11th of April , was buried my dear friend Mr. Thrale , who died on Wednesday , the 4th , and with him were buried many of my hopes and pleasures . About five , I think , on Wednesday ...
... tell that melancholy event . " On Wednes- day , the 11th of April , was buried my dear friend Mr. Thrale , who died on Wednesday , the 4th , and with him were buried many of my hopes and pleasures . About five , I think , on Wednesday ...
lxiv. oldal
... tell of a friend of his , who thanked him for introducing him to Dr. Johnson , as he had been convinced , in the course of a long dispute , that an opinion , which he had embraced as a settled truth , was no better than a vulgar error ...
... tell of a friend of his , who thanked him for introducing him to Dr. Johnson , as he had been convinced , in the course of a long dispute , that an opinion , which he had embraced as a settled truth , was no better than a vulgar error ...
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16. oldal - Yet hope not life from grief or danger free, Nor think the doom of man revers'd for thee; Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause awhile from letters, to be wise; There mark what ills the scholar's life assail, Toil, envy, want, the patron, and the jail.
xxxv. oldal - Seven years, my Lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour.
20. oldal - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred Merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated Friendship claims a tear.
17. oldal - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
226. oldal - They are surely happy," said the prince, "who have all these conveniences, of which I envy none so much as the facility with which separated friends interchange their thoughts." "The Europeans," answered Imlac, "are less unhappy than we, but they are not happy. Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.
221. oldal - Whatever be the reason, it is commonly observed that the early writers are in possession of nature, and their followers of art: that the first excel in strength and invention, and the latter in elegance and refinement.
199. oldal - The place which the wisdom or policy of antiquity had destined for the residence of the Abyssinian princes, was a spacious valley in the kingdom of Amhara, surrounded on every side by mountains, of which the summits overhang the middle part.
212. oldal - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind and light at once •with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
267. oldal - Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails' as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
241. oldal - He speaks, and attention watches his lips. He reasons, and conviction closes his periods. This man shall be my future guide : I will learn his doctrines, and imitate his life." " Be not too hasty," said Imlac, " to trust, or to admire, the teachers of morality : they discourse like angels, but they live like men.