The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, Accurately Extracted from the Works of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and Arranged in Alphabetical Order, After the Manner of the Duke de la Roche-Foucault's Maxims, 1. köideG. Kearsly, 1782 - 209 pages |
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... perhaps , beyond all others , productive of things neceffary to life . The pine apple thrives better between the tro- pics , and better furs are found in the Nor- thern regions . But let us not envy thofe un- neceffary privileges ...
... perhaps , beyond all others , productive of things neceffary to life . The pine apple thrives better between the tro- pics , and better furs are found in the Nor- thern regions . But let us not envy thofe un- neceffary privileges ...
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... last . Rambler , v . 1 , p . 60 & 62 . ABILITY . IT was well obferved by Pythagoras , that ability and neceffity dwell near each other . Idler , v . 2 , p . 154 . ACC ACCIDENT . IN every performance , perhaps in every great ( 11 )
... last . Rambler , v . 1 , p . 60 & 62 . ABILITY . IT was well obferved by Pythagoras , that ability and neceffity dwell near each other . Idler , v . 2 , p . 154 . ACC ACCIDENT . IN every performance , perhaps in every great ( 11 )
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... perhaps in every great character , part is the gift of nature , part the contribution of accident , and part , very often not the greatest part , the effect of voluntary election and regular defign . Memoirs of the King of Pruffia , p ...
... perhaps in every great character , part is the gift of nature , part the contribution of accident , and part , very often not the greatest part , the effect of voluntary election and regular defign . Memoirs of the King of Pruffia , p ...
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... perhaps more general and powerful , defire of novelty , and impatience of inactivity , fill a camp with adventurers , add rank to rank , and fquadron to fquadron . Memoirs of the K. of Pruffia , p . 118 . AUTHOR . The task of an author ...
... perhaps more general and powerful , defire of novelty , and impatience of inactivity , fill a camp with adventurers , add rank to rank , and fquadron to fquadron . Memoirs of the K. of Pruffia , p . 118 . AUTHOR . The task of an author ...
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... perhaps has a right , in things admitting of gradation and com- parifon , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and € 2 Lame fhame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . ( 15 )
... perhaps has a right , in things admitting of gradation and com- parifon , to throw the whole blame upon his judges , and totally to exclude diffidence and € 2 Lame fhame by a haughty consciousness of his own excellence . ( 15 )
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Page 137 - ... there. He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction. I heard his chains upon his legs as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a deep sigh : I saw the iron enter into his soul. I burst into tears — I could not sustain the picture...
Page 56 - But the truth is that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth and prove by events the reasonableness of...
Page 2 - I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson ; and when he is fighting for his king, and for his own life, and for his honour too, he has the most reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world. 'Twas well said of thee, Trim, said my uncle Toby. But when a soldier, said I, an...
Page 8 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to Heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in ; and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
Page 37 - And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, And with labour do we find the things that are before us...
Page 150 - To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
Page 29 - ... who asks advice which he never takes; to the boaster, who blusters only to be praised; to the complainer, who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the...
Page 4 - When I went up, continued the corporal, into the lieutenant's room, which I did not do till the expiration of the ten minutes, he was lying in his bed, with his head raised upon his hand, with his elbow upon the pillow, and a clean white cambric handkerchief beside it.
Page 2 - I thought, said the curate, that you gentlemen of the army, Mr. Trim, never said your prayers at all. I heard the poor gentleman say his prayers last night, said the landlady, very devoutly, and with my own ears, or I could not have believed it. Are you sure of it? replied the curate. A soldier, an...
Page xv - I despaired at first, said the Corporal, of being able to bring back any intelligence to your Honour about the Lieutenant and his son ; — for when I asked where his servant was, from whom I made myself sure of knowing every thing which was proper to be asked, (That's a right distinction, Trim, said my uncle Toby) I was answered, an...