The Works of Samuel Johnson, 12. kötetNichols, 1816 |
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27. oldal
... French the only nation by which this great man was courted and distinguished ; for , two years after , he was elected fellow of our Royal Society . It cannot be doubted but , thus caressed and ho- noured with the highest and most ...
... French the only nation by which this great man was courted and distinguished ; for , two years after , he was elected fellow of our Royal Society . It cannot be doubted but , thus caressed and ho- noured with the highest and most ...
44. oldal
... French who had suffered their privateers to molest the English trade ; an injury which , in those days , was always immediately resented , and if not repaired , certainly punished . Sailing with this commission , he took in his way a French ...
... French who had suffered their privateers to molest the English trade ; an injury which , in those days , was always immediately resented , and if not repaired , certainly punished . Sailing with this commission , he took in his way a French ...
45. oldal
... French ship of considerable force , and commanded the captain to come on board , there being no war declared between the two nations . The captain when he came , was asked by him , whether he was willing to lay down " his sword , and ...
... French ship of considerable force , and commanded the captain to come on board , there being no war declared between the two nations . The captain when he came , was asked by him , whether he was willing to lay down " his sword , and ...
92. oldal
... French , who did not imagine the Sy- merons so discreet or obedient as they appeared , and were therefore in perpetual anxiety about the fidelity of their guides , and the probability of their return . Nor did the Symerons treat them ...
... French , who did not imagine the Sy- merons so discreet or obedient as they appeared , and were therefore in perpetual anxiety about the fidelity of their guides , and the probability of their return . Nor did the Symerons treat them ...
93. oldal
... French captain , and one of the Symerons , were wounded , it ap- peared with how much greater ardour men are ani- mated by interest than fidelity . As it was possible for them to carry away but a small part of this treasure , after ...
... French captain , and one of the Symerons , were wounded , it ap- peared with how much greater ardour men are ani- mated by interest than fidelity . As it was possible for them to carry away but a small part of this treasure , after ...
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276. oldal - There are many things delivered rhetorically, many expressions therein merely tropical, and as they best illustrate my intention ; and therefore also there are many things to be taken in a soft and flexible sense, and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason.
279. oldal - ... that we might procreate like trees, without conjunction,' and had lately declared, that 'the whole world was made for man, but only the twelfth part of man for woman;' and, that 'man is the whole world, but woman only the rib or crooked part of man.
276. oldal - The reciprocal civility of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
35. oldal - This he illustrated by a description of the effects which the infirmities of his body had upon his faculties, which yet they did not so oppress or vanquish, but his soul was always master of itself, and always resigned to the pleasure of its Maker.
63. oldal - He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved ; and taught them to fight in fire as well as upon water : and though he hath been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that gave the example of that kind of naval courage %, and bold and resolute achievements.
295. oldal - Jn his habit of clothing, he had an aversion to " all finery, and affected plainness both in the fashion " and ornaments. He ever wore a cloak, or boots, " when few others did. He kept himself always very " warm, and thought it most safe so to do...
418. oldal - Burney said she would write, she told you a fib. She writes nothing to me. She can write home fast enough. I have a good mind not to let her know that Dr. Bernard, to whom I had recommended her novel, speaks of it with great commendation, and that the copy which she lent me, has been read by Dr.
420. oldal - Letters I cannot think myself in much danger. I met him only once about thirty years ago, and in some small dispute reduced him to whistle ; having not seen him since, that is the last impression.
283. oldal - It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature ; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems progress ional, and otherwise made in vain...
372. oldal - The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.