The Works of Samuel Johnson, 12. kötetNichols, 1816 |
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36. oldal
... imagine he could receive no light from books , nor so meanly as to believe he could discover nothing but what was to be learned from them . He examined the observations of other men , but trusted only to his own . Nor was he ...
... imagine he could receive no light from books , nor so meanly as to believe he could discover nothing but what was to be learned from them . He examined the observations of other men , but trusted only to his own . Nor was he ...
69. oldal
... imagine that , at the sight of this trea- sure , nothing was thought on by the English , but by what means they might best convey it to their boats ; and doubtless it was not easy for Drake , who , considering their distance from the ...
... imagine that , at the sight of this trea- sure , nothing was thought on by the English , but by what means they might best convey it to their boats ; and doubtless it was not easy for Drake , who , considering their distance from the ...
86. oldal
... imagine their mortification and perplexity when they found only two mules laden with silver , the rest having no other burthen than provisions . The driver was brought immediately to the cap- tain , and informed him that the horseman ...
... imagine their mortification and perplexity when they found only two mules laden with silver , the rest having no other burthen than provisions . The driver was brought immediately to the cap- tain , and informed him that the horseman ...
92. oldal
... 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 with that 92 SIR ...
... 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 with that 92 SIR ...
99. oldal
... imagine that a man by nature superior to mean arti fices , and bred , from his earliest years , to the labour and hardships of a sea life , was very little acquainted with policy and intrigue , very little versed in the methods of ...
... imagine that a man by nature superior to mean arti fices , and bred , from his earliest years , to the labour and hardships of a sea life , was very little acquainted with policy and intrigue , very little versed in the methods of ...
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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.