The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous : to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Works of Mrs. Piozzi, His Life, Recently Published by Mr. Boswell, and Other Authentic Testimonies : Also His Will, and the Sermon He Wrote for the Late Doctor DoddG. Kearsley ... [and 5 others], 1804 - 394 oldal |
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... happens to be no less than five Cambridge men in the room now . " I did not ( said he ) think of that till you told me ; but the wolf don't count the sheep . " I have heard him relate how he used to sit in some coffee - house at Oxford ...
... happens to be no less than five Cambridge men in the room now . " I did not ( said he ) think of that till you told me ; but the wolf don't count the sheep . " I have heard him relate how he used to sit in some coffee - house at Oxford ...
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... happens to turn his head that way . " MARRIAGE . true - it is only " Sir , the man as well as the Some cunning men choose fools for their wives , thinking to manage them , but they always fail ; depend upon it , no woman is the worse ...
... happens to turn his head that way . " MARRIAGE . true - it is only " Sir , the man as well as the Some cunning men choose fools for their wives , thinking to manage them , but they always fail ; depend upon it , no woman is the worse ...
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... happen , but he that understands himself might convey his notions to another , if , content to be understood , he did not seek to be admired ; but when once he begins to contrive how his sentiments may be received , not with most ease ...
... happen , but he that understands himself might convey his notions to another , if , content to be understood , he did not seek to be admired ; but when once he begins to contrive how his sentiments may be received , not with most ease ...
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... happens that applause abates di- ligence . Whoever finds himself to have per-- formed more than was demanded , will be con- tented to spare the labour of unnecessary per- formances , and sit down to enjoy at ease his superfluities of ...
... happens that applause abates di- ligence . Whoever finds himself to have per-- formed more than was demanded , will be con- tented to spare the labour of unnecessary per- formances , and sit down to enjoy at ease his superfluities of ...
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... happens to a man that his busi- ness is his pleasure . What is done from neces- sity , is so often to be done when against the pre- sent inclination , and so often fills the mind with anxiety , that an habitual dislike steals upon us ...
... happens to a man that his busi- ness is his pleasure . What is done from neces- sity , is so often to be done when against the pre- sent inclination , and so often fills the mind with anxiety , that an habitual dislike steals upon us ...
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47. oldal - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
46. oldal - When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your Lordship, I was overpowered, like the rest of mankind, by the enchantment of your address ; and could not forbear to wish that I might boast myself Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre...
256. oldal - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. 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.
46. oldal - World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
47. oldal - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
138. oldal - The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression.
119. oldal - His bonds of debt, and mortgages of lands; Or views his coffers with suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies.
47. oldal - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself.
91. oldal - And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely ; who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
270. oldal - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure, whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will...