The Works of Samuel Johnson, Band 5Nichols, 1816 |
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... hand is extended in salutation , yet if you pursue him beyond the first exchange of civilities , you will find him of very small impor- tance , and only welcome to the company , as one by whom all conceive themselves admired , and with ...
... hand is extended in salutation , yet if you pursue him beyond the first exchange of civilities , you will find him of very small impor- tance , and only welcome to the company , as one by whom all conceive themselves admired , and with ...
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... hand , and endea- voured to secure my favour against the time when I should be rich , to pay their court , by informing me that my aunt began to droop , that she had lately a bad night , that she coughed feebly , and that she could ...
... hand , and endea- voured to secure my favour against the time when I should be rich , to pay their court , by informing me that my aunt began to droop , that she had lately a bad night , that she coughed feebly , and that she could ...
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... hand of time . It was in my power to have concealed the loss , and to have married , by continuing the same ap- pearance , with all the credit of my original for- tune ; but I was not so far sunk in my own esteem , as to submit to the ...
... hand of time . It was in my power to have concealed the loss , and to have married , by continuing the same ap- pearance , with all the credit of my original for- tune ; but I was not so far sunk in my own esteem , as to submit to the ...
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... hand , and throws in or takes out at his pleasure circumstances that make them heavier or lighter . He then triumphs in his com- parative purity , and sets himself at ease , not be- cause he can refute the charges advanced against him ...
... hand , and throws in or takes out at his pleasure circumstances that make them heavier or lighter . He then triumphs in his com- parative purity , and sets himself at ease , not be- cause he can refute the charges advanced against him ...
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... hand , yet the place of the middle point may always be dis- puted ; he may therefore often impose upon care- less understandings , by turning the attention wholly from himself , and keeping it fixed invariably on the opposite fault ...
... hand , yet the place of the middle point may always be dis- puted ; he may therefore often impose upon care- less understandings , by turning the attention wholly from himself , and keeping it fixed invariably on the opposite fault ...
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Seite 137 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
Seite 146 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Seite 234 - Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.
Seite 442 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
Seite 148 - Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Seite 119 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Seite 61 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Seite 95 - But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Seite 441 - I sight, confused with shame, How could I once look up, or heave the head, Who, like a foolish pilot, have...