The works of Samuel Johnson, 1. kötet1824 |
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55. oldal
... peace with man- kind , and in a temper to do good offices , was the most essential part of our duty . That notion of moral goodness gave umbrage to Sir John Hawkins , and drew down upon the memory of his friend the bitterest imputa ...
... peace with man- kind , and in a temper to do good offices , was the most essential part of our duty . That notion of moral goodness gave umbrage to Sir John Hawkins , and drew down upon the memory of his friend the bitterest imputa ...
80. oldal
... himself . His reflections on his own life and conduct were always severe ; and , wishing to be immaculate , he destroyed his own peace by unnecessary scruples . He tells us , that when he surveyed 80 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
... himself . His reflections on his own life and conduct were always severe ; and , wishing to be immaculate , he destroyed his own peace by unnecessary scruples . He tells us , that when he surveyed 80 AN ESSAY ON THE LIFE AND.
123. oldal
... peace . " Fielding , he says , was the inventor of a cant phrase , " Goodness of heart , which means little more than the virtue of a horse or a dog . " He should have known that kind affections are the essence of virtue ; they are the ...
... peace . " Fielding , he says , was the inventor of a cant phrase , " Goodness of heart , which means little more than the virtue of a horse or a dog . " He should have known that kind affections are the essence of virtue ; they are the ...
153. oldal
... peace . " These are British sentiments . Above forty years ago they found an echo in the breast of applauding audiences , and to this hour they are the voice of the people , in defiance of the metaphysics and the new lights of cer- tain ...
... peace . " These are British sentiments . Above forty years ago they found an echo in the breast of applauding audiences , and to this hour they are the voice of the people , in defiance of the metaphysics and the new lights of cer- tain ...
182. oldal
... peace and happiness of society were what Dr. Johnson had at heart . He knew that Milton called his Defence of the Regi- cides a defence of the people of England , but , however glossed and varnished , he thought it an apology for murder ...
... peace and happiness of society were what Dr. Johnson had at heart . He knew that Milton called his Defence of the Regi- cides a defence of the people of England , but , however glossed and varnished , he thought it an apology for murder ...
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27. oldal - 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 resign'd; For love, which scarce collective man can fill; For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that panting for a happier seat, Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat...
76. oldal - Le vainqueur du vainqueur de la terre ; that I might obtain that regard for which I saw the world contending ; but I found my attendance so little encouraged, that neither pride nor modesty would suffer me to continue it. When I had once addressed...
21. oldal - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes, let Swedish Charles decide. A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire...
74. oldal - Dictionary was written with little assistance of the learned, and without any patronage of the great; not in the soft obscurities of retirement, or under the shelter of academic bowers, but amidst inconvenience and distraction, in sickness and in sorrow.
57. oldal - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
122. oldal - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod...
45. oldal - To this discovery Dr. Francis made answer : 'Then, Sir, you have exceeded Demosthenes himself; for to say that you have exceeded Francis's Demosthenes would be saying nothing.' The rest of the company bestowed lavish encomiums on Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality; observing that he dealt out reason and eloquence with an equal hand to both parties. 'That is not quite true,' said Johnson: 'I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took, care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the...
75. oldal - I have been lately informed by the proprietor of ' The 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. " When, upon some slight encouragement, I first visited your lordship, I was overpowered, like...
4. oldal - There none are swept by sudden fate away, But all whom hunger spares with age decay: Here malice, rapine, accident, conspire, And now a rabble rages, now a fire; Their ambush here relentless ruffians lay, 15 And here the fell attorney prowls for prey; Here falling houses thunder on your head, And here a female atheist talks you dead.
21. oldal - O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquered lord of pleasure and of pain; No joys to him pacific sceptres yield, War sounds the trump, he rushes to the field; Behold surrounding kings their pow'rs combine, And one capitulate, and one resign; Peace courts his hand, but spreads her charms in vain; 'Think nothing gained', he cries, 'till nought remain, On Moscow's walls till Gothic standards fly, And all be mine beneath the polar sky.