The Works of Samuel Johnson, Band 5Nichols, 1816 |
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... labour of deserving it , in which the most elevated mind is willing to de- scend , and the most active to be at rest . All there- fore are at some hour or another fond of compa- nions whom they can entertain upon easy terms , and who ...
... labour of deserving it , in which the most elevated mind is willing to de- scend , and the most active to be at rest . All there- fore are at some hour or another fond of compa- nions whom they can entertain upon easy terms , and who ...
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... labour of contest , too tender for the asperity of contradiction , and too delicate for the coarseness of truth ; a little opposition offends , a little restraint enrages , and a little difficulty perplexes him ; having been ac ...
... labour of contest , too tender for the asperity of contradiction , and too delicate for the coarseness of truth ; a little opposition offends , a little restraint enrages , and a little difficulty perplexes him ; having been ac ...
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... labour . Gloom and silence produce composure of mind , and concentra- tion of ideas ; and the privation of external plea- sure naturally causes an effort to find entertainment within . This is the time in which those whom literature ...
... labour . Gloom and silence produce composure of mind , and concentra- tion of ideas ; and the privation of external plea- sure naturally causes an effort to find entertainment within . This is the time in which those whom literature ...
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... labour of an age will not re - assemble . I submit to that which cannot be opposed , and shall , in a short time , declare a sale . I have , while it is yet in my power , sent you a pebble , picked up by Ta- vernier on the banks of the ...
... labour of an age will not re - assemble . I submit to that which cannot be opposed , and shall , in a short time , declare a sale . I have , while it is yet in my power , sent you a pebble , picked up by Ta- vernier on the banks of the ...
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... labour , and an encouragement to expect the same renown , if it be sought by the same virtues . The virtuoso therefore cannot be said to be wholly useless ; but perhaps he may be sometimes culpable for confining himself to business ...
... labour , and an encouragement to expect the same renown , if it be sought by the same virtues . The virtuoso therefore cannot be said to be wholly useless ; but perhaps he may be sometimes culpable for confining himself to business ...
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Ajax amusements Aristotle attention beauty CAPRICE celebrated censure common considered contempt critick curiosity Dagon danger delight Demochares desire dignity diligence discover domestick elegance endeavoured envy equally excellence expected expence extempo eyes FALSEHOOD fancy favour fear February 19 flattered folly fortune frequently genius gisms gratifications happiness harmony heart Homer honour hope hopes and fears hour human idleness imagination inclined innu January 26 JUPITER justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less lives look mankind March 19 ment Milton mind miscarriages nature necessary negligence ness never NUMB numbers observed once opinion OVID passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure praise precepts pride publick RAMBLER reason regard reproach ruentes SATURDAY scarcely seldom sentiments shew sometimes soon sophisms sound species spect suffer surely syllables thing thou thought tion truth TUESDAY vanity verse Virgil virtue writer
Beliebte Passagen
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...