The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Political tracts. Political essays. Miscellaneous essays. A journey to the western islands of ScotlandJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... is without redrefs , however innocent , how- ever miferable . The pofition is true but the argument is ufelefs . The Commons must be controlled , or be exempt from control . If they are exempt they may do 5 from 8 THE FALSE ALARM .
... is without redrefs , however innocent , how- ever miferable . The pofition is true but the argument is ufelefs . The Commons must be controlled , or be exempt from control . If they are exempt they may do 5 from 8 THE FALSE ALARM .
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... true ; but the information , however faithful , was too late for prevention . It was eafily known , that a fleet dispatched in May had before Auguft fuc- ceeded or miscarried . In October , Captain Maltby came to England , and gave the ...
... true ; but the information , however faithful , was too late for prevention . It was eafily known , that a fleet dispatched in May had before Auguft fuc- ceeded or miscarried . In October , Captain Maltby came to England , and gave the ...
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... true , that every effect has a proportionate caufe . In the inanimate action of matter upon matter , the motion produced can be but equal to the force of the moving power ; but the operations of life , whether private or publick , admit ...
... true , that every effect has a proportionate caufe . In the inanimate action of matter upon matter , the motion produced can be but equal to the force of the moving power ; but the operations of life , whether private or publick , admit ...
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... true or falfe . There is in- deed no reafon to queftion its veracity ; they , how- ever , who do not believe it , muft allow the weight of that influence by which a great prince is reduced to difown his own commiffion . But the general ...
... true or falfe . There is in- deed no reafon to queftion its veracity ; they , how- ever , who do not believe it , muft allow the weight of that influence by which a great prince is reduced to difown his own commiffion . But the general ...
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... true Lover of his country is ready to communicate his fears and to found the alarm , whenever he per- ceives the approach of mifchief . But he founds no alarm , when there is no enemy : he never terrifies his countrymen till he is ...
... true Lover of his country is ready to communicate his fears and to found the alarm , whenever he per- ceives the approach of mifchief . But he founds no alarm , when there is no enemy : he never terrifies his countrymen till he is ...
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againſt almoft becauſe caufe coaft confequence confidered confifts curiofity defign defire deftroyed difcovered diftant eafily English evil fafe faid fame fays fecurity feems feen feldom felves fent fettled fettlement feven fhall fhew fhips fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon French ftand ftate ftill ftones ftrength fubject fubordination fuch fuffered fufficient fupplied fuppofed fupport furely fyftem happineſs Hebrides Highlands himſelf houfe houſe Inch Kenneth increafing inhabitants intereft Inverness iſlands itſelf labour laft laird land laſt lefs Maclean minifter moſt muft muſt nation neceffary neceffity never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions parliament perhaps pleafing pleaſure poffeffion poffible pofition Port Egmont prefent publick puniſhment queftion Raafay raiſed reafon refidence refolved reprefented Scotland ſeems ſmall Spaniards ſtate Sublime thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion told univerfal uſe vifit whofe
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204 ページ - Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams, or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
207 ページ - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er Heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light, When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And stars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole, O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver every mountain's head...
56 ページ - ... with France and Spain, a very small part ever felt the stroke of an enemy; the rest languished in tents and ships, amidst damps and putrefaction; pale, torpid, spiritless and helpless; gasping and groaning, unpitied among men, made obdurate by long continuance of hopeless misery; and were at last whelmed in pits, or heaved into the ocean, without notice and without remembrance. By incommodious encampments and unwholesome stations, where courage is useless, and enterprise impracticable, fleets...
141 ページ - The time is now come, in which every Englishman expects to be informed of the national affairs ; and in which he has a right to have that expectation gratified. For, whatever may be urged by ministers, or those whom vanity or interest make the followers of ministers, concerning the necessity of confidence in our...
457 ページ - ... it if he had it; but whence could it be had? It is too long to be remembered, and the language formerly had nothing written. He has doubtless inserted names that circulate in popular stories, and may have translated some wandering ballads, if any can be found; and the names, and some of the images being recollected, make an inaccurate auditor imagine, by the help of Caledonian bigotry, that he has formerly heard the whole.
458 ページ - A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist, who does not love Scotland better than truth: he will always love it better than inquiry; and if falsehood flatters his vanity, will not be very diligent to detect it.
241 ページ - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
357 ページ - Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not ; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
225 ページ - It is a cordial administered by the gracious hand of providence, of which they ought never to be deprived by an ill-judged and improper education.
413 ページ - Length of life is distributed impartially to very different modes of life in very different climates ; and the mountains have no greater examples of age and health than the...