The Works of Samuel Johnson, 12. kötetNichols, 1816 |
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43. oldal
... town was ill fortified , and unsupplied with almost every thing necessary for supporting a siege . The state of this garrison encouraged Colonel Wind- ham , who was acquainted with Blake , to propose a capitulation ; which was rejected ...
... town was ill fortified , and unsupplied with almost every thing necessary for supporting a siege . The state of this garrison encouraged Colonel Wind- ham , who was acquainted with Blake , to propose a capitulation ; which was rejected ...
54. oldal
... - rity and address , escaped the three English admirals , and brought all his ships into their harbour ; then , knowing that Blake was still in the North , came before Dover , and fired upon that town , but 54 BLAKE .
... - rity and address , escaped the three English admirals , and brought all his ships into their harbour ; then , knowing that Blake was still in the North , came before Dover , and fired upon that town , but 54 BLAKE .
55. oldal
Samuel Johnson. before Dover , and fired upon that town , but was driven off by the castle . Monk and Dean stationed themselves again at the mouth of the Texel , and blocked up the Dutch in their own ports with eighty sail ; but hearing ...
Samuel Johnson. before Dover , and fired upon that town , but was driven off by the castle . Monk and Dean stationed themselves again at the mouth of the Texel , and blocked up the Dutch in their own ports with eighty sail ; but hearing ...
58. oldal
... town . " The viceroy then sent the priest to him , who pleaded the provocation given by the seamen . Blake bravely and rationally an- swered , that if he had complained to him , he would have punished them severely , for he would not ...
... town . " The viceroy then sent the priest to him , who pleaded the provocation given by the seamen . Blake bravely and rationally an- swered , that if he had complained to him , he would have punished them severely , for he would not ...
68. oldal
... town undiscovered , and dropt his anchors under the shore , intending , after his men were refreshed , to begin the ... town , as they soon discovered by the bell , the drums , and the noise of the people . Drake , leaving twelvemen to ...
... town undiscovered , and dropt his anchors under the shore , intending , after his men were refreshed , to begin the ... town , as they soon discovered by the bell , the drums , and the noise of the people . Drake , leaving twelvemen to ...
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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.