The Works of Samuel Johnson, Band 5Nichols and Son, 1816 |
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... Aristotle , their souls are mere pipes or organs , which transmit sounds , but do not understand them . Of this kind is the well - known and well - attested position , that life is short , which may be heard among mankind by an ...
... Aristotle , their souls are mere pipes or organs , which transmit sounds , but do not understand them . Of this kind is the well - known and well - attested position , that life is short , which may be heard among mankind by an ...
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... Aristotle or Plato . It is , however , in many cases apparent , that this quality is merely relative and comparative ; that we pronounce things beau- tiful because they have something which we agree , for whatever reason , to call ...
... Aristotle or Plato . It is , however , in many cases apparent , that this quality is merely relative and comparative ; that we pronounce things beau- tiful because they have something which we agree , for whatever reason , to call ...
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... Aristotle observes never to be gregarious , should range moun- tains and deserts in search of one another , rather than pollute the world with a monstrous birth . + As the perpetuity and distinction of the lower tribes of the creation ...
... Aristotle observes never to be gregarious , should range moun- tains and deserts in search of one another , rather than pollute the world with a monstrous birth . + As the perpetuity and distinction of the lower tribes of the creation ...
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... Aristotle in the play . It would , indeed , be difficult to ex- clude from a long poem all modern phrases , though it is easy to sprinkle it with gleanings of antiquity . Perhaps , however , the style of Spenser might by long labour be ...
... Aristotle in the play . It would , indeed , be difficult to ex- clude from a long poem all modern phrases , though it is easy to sprinkle it with gleanings of antiquity . Perhaps , however , the style of Spenser might by long labour be ...
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... Aristotle , that man is an imitative being . The greater , far the greater number , follow the track which others have beaten , without any curiosity after new discoveries , or am . bition of trusting themselves to their own conduct ...
... Aristotle , that man is an imitative being . The greater , far the greater number , follow the track which others have beaten , without any curiosity after new discoveries , or am . bition of trusting themselves to their own conduct ...
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Seite 413 - Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Seite 124 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : 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: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Seite 133 - 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 411 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
Seite 82 - 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 138 - Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low? The...
Seite 105 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all.
Seite 107 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
Seite 48 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Seite 82 - Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole : « Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent! and thou the day...