The Works of Samuel Johnson, 12. kötetL. Hansard & sons, 1810 |
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9. oldal
... rest , but on Monday was seized with a weakness that threatened immediate death ; and on Thursday prepared for his change by receiv- ing the Viaticum with such marks of devotion , as equally melted and edified the beholders . Through ...
... rest , but on Monday was seized with a weakness that threatened immediate death ; and on Thursday prepared for his change by receiv- ing the Viaticum with such marks of devotion , as equally melted and edified the beholders . Through ...
47. oldal
... rest of his fleet , that , if it were possible , a general battle might be prevented . But the Dutch , instead of admitting him to treat , fired upon him from their whole fleet , without any regard to the customs of war , or the law of ...
... rest of his fleet , that , if it were possible , a general battle might be prevented . But the Dutch , instead of admitting him to treat , fired upon him from their whole fleet , without any regard to the customs of war , or the law of ...
53. oldal
... rest of the English fleet now came in , and the fight was continued with the utmost degree of vigour and resolution , till the night gave the Dutch an opportunity of retiring , with the loss of one flag - ship , and six other men of war ...
... rest of the English fleet now came in , and the fight was continued with the utmost degree of vigour and resolution , till the night gave the Dutch an opportunity of retiring , with the loss of one flag - ship , and six other men of war ...
76. oldal
... rest . In the mean time , his brother , Captain John Drake , went , according to the instructions that had been left him , in search of the Symerons or fugitive negroes , from whose assistance alone they had now any prospect of a ...
... rest . In the mean time , his brother , Captain John Drake , went , according to the instructions that had been left him , in search of the Symerons or fugitive negroes , from whose assistance alone they had now any prospect of a ...
86. oldal
... rest having no other burthen than provisions . The driver was brought immediately to the cap- tain , and informed him that the horseman , whom he had observed pass by with so much precipitation , had informed the treasurer of what he ...
... rest having no other burthen than provisions . The driver was brought immediately to the cap- tain , and informed him that the horseman , whom he had observed pass by with so much precipitation , had informed the treasurer of what he ...
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423. oldal - At night they set fire to the Fleet, and to the King's Bench, and I know not how many other places ; and one might see the glare of conflagration fill the sky from many parts. The sight was dreadful. Some people were threatened : Mr. Strahan advised me to take care of myself. — Such a time of terrour you have been happy in not seeing.
276. oldal - The reciprocal civility. of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
332. oldal - I cannot forbear to mention, that neither reason nor revelation denies you to hope, that you may increase her happiness by obeying her precepts ; and that she may, in her present state, look with pleasure upon every act of virtue to which her instructions or example have contributed.
368. oldal - The return of my birth-day, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape.
181. oldal - That the strength of his understanding, the accuracy of his discernment, and the ardour of his Curiosity, might have been remarked from his infancy, by a diligent observer, there is no reason to doubt. For, there is no instance of any man, whose history has been minutely related, that did not in every part of life discover the same proportion of intellectual vigour.
39. oldal - So far was this man from being made impious by philosophy, or vain by knowledge or by virtue, that he ascribed all his abilities to the bounty, and all his goodness to the grace of God. May his example extend its influence to his admirers and followers' May those who study his writings imitate his life ! and those who endeavour after his knowledge aspire likewise to his piety...
438. oldal - When Queen Mary took the resolution of sheltering herself in England, the Archbishop of St. Andrew's, attempting to dissuade her, attended on her journey; and when they came to the irremeable...
445. oldal - ALMIGHTY God, merciful Father, in whose hands are life and death, sanctify unto me the sorrow which I now feel. Forgive me whatever I have done unkindly to my mother, and whatever I have omitted to do kindly. Make me to remember her good precepts and good example, and to reform my life according to thy holy word, that I may lose no more opportunities of good.
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 progrcssional, and otherwise made in vain...
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.