The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.G. Walker, 1820 |
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3. oldal
... pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest , and at last always will be greatest , when our endeavours are ex- erted in consequence of our duty . " Life is not long , and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be ...
... pleasure of pleasing ought to be greatest , and at last always will be greatest , when our endeavours are ex- erted in consequence of our duty . " Life is not long , and too much of it must not pass in idle deliberation how it shall be ...
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... pleasure . I hope you do not flatter me by imputing to me more good than I have really done . Those whom my arguments have persuaded to change their opinion , shew such modesty and candour as deserve great praise . " I hope the worthy ...
... pleasure . I hope you do not flatter me by imputing to me more good than I have really done . Those whom my arguments have persuaded to change their opinion , shew such modesty and candour as deserve great praise . " I hope the worthy ...
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... pleasure concerning it by a letter , in these words : " I have the King's commands to assure you , Sir , how sensible his Majesty is of your attention in communicating the minute of the conversation previous to its publication . As ...
... pleasure concerning it by a letter , in these words : " I have the King's commands to assure you , Sir , how sensible his Majesty is of your attention in communicating the minute of the conversation previous to its publication . As ...
44. oldal
... pleasure , because it contains these words , I shall be glad , very glad to see you . ' Surely you have no reason to complain of my publishing a single para- graph of one of your letters , the temptation to it was so strong . An ...
... pleasure , because it contains these words , I shall be glad , very glad to see you . ' Surely you have no reason to complain of my publishing a single para- graph of one of your letters , the temptation to it was so strong . An ...
45. oldal
... pleasure that this life allows . But such is the condition of our nature , that as we live on we must see those whom we love drop successively , and find our circle of relation grow less and less , till we are almost uncon- nected with ...
... pleasure that this life allows . But such is the condition of our nature , that as we live on we must see those whom we love drop successively , and find our circle of relation grow less and less , till we are almost uncon- nected with ...
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486. oldal - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
145. oldal - If I had not done among them the works which none other man did, they had not had sin: but now have they both seen and hated both me and my Father.
387. oldal - Knowledge is of two kinds. We know a subject ourselves, or we know where we can find information upon it.
11. oldal - To omit for a year, or for a day, the most efficacious method of advancing Christianity, in compliance with any purposes that terminate on this side of the grave, is a crime of which I know not that the world has yet had an example, except in the practice of the planters of America, a race of mortals whom, I suppose, no other man wishes to resemble.
487. oldal - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest: welcome at an inn.
268. oldal - I'll make Goldsmith forgive me; ' and then called to him in a loud voice, ' Dr. Goldsmith, something passed today where you and I dined: I ask your pardon.' Goldsmith answered placidly, 'It must be much from you, sir, that I take ill.
32. oldal - ... supposing your arguments to be weak and inconclusive. But, Sir, that is not enough. An argument which does not convince yourself, may convince the judge to whom you urge it ^ and if it does convince him, why, then, Sir, you are wrong, and he is right.
248. oldal - Then we upon our globe's last verge shall go, And see the ocean leaning on the sky ; From thence our rolling neighbours we shall know, And on the lunar world securely pry.
256. oldal - ... happiness ; that these ought not to be lost ; and that the gentleman on whose account she was divorced had gained her heart while thus unhappily situated. Seduced, perhaps, by the charms of the lady in question, I thus attempted to palliate what I was sensible could not be justified ; for when I had finished my harangue, my venerable friend gave me a proper check : ' My dear sir, never accustom your mind to mingle virtue and vice. The woman's a whore, and there's an end on't.
345. oldal - There are few ways in which a man can be more innocently employed than in getting money.