The Works of Samuel Johnson: With an Essay on His Life and GeniusL. Hansard, 1810 |
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... happiness . " How many soever of these evils then force them- " selves into the creation , so long as the good pre- " ponderates , it is a work well worthy of infinite " wisdom and benevolence ; and , notwithstanding " the imperfections ...
... happiness . " How many soever of these evils then force them- " selves into the creation , so long as the good pre- " ponderates , it is a work well worthy of infinite " wisdom and benevolence ; and , notwithstanding " the imperfections ...
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... happiness is " owing to his goodness ; but that it is no greater , is owing only to ourselves ; that is , to our not having any inherent right to any happiness , or " even to any existence at all . This is no more to " be imputed to God ...
... happiness is " owing to his goodness ; but that it is no greater , is owing only to ourselves ; that is , to our not having any inherent right to any happiness , or " even to any existence at all . This is no more to " be imputed to God ...
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... in all its parts , because " the beauty and happiness of the whole depend al- together on the just inferiority of its parts , that is , ་ 66 " on the comparative imperfections of the several beings of 66 on FREE ENQUIRY , & c . 27.
... in all its parts , because " the beauty and happiness of the whole depend al- together on the just inferiority of its parts , that is , ་ 66 " on the comparative imperfections of the several beings of 66 on FREE ENQUIRY , & c . 27.
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... happiness them- " selves , and contributing to that of others , they must " necessarily be filled with inferior beings , that is , " with such as are less perfect , but from whose ec existence , notwithstanding that less perfection ...
... happiness them- " selves , and contributing to that of others , they must " necessarily be filled with inferior beings , that is , " with such as are less perfect , but from whose ec existence , notwithstanding that less perfection ...
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... happiness is like that of a malefactor , who ceases to feel the cords that bind him when the pincers are tearing his flesh . That want of taste for one enjoyment is supplied by the pleasures of some other , may be fairly allow- ed . But ...
... happiness is like that of a malefactor , who ceases to feel the cords that bind him when the pincers are tearing his flesh . That want of taste for one enjoyment is supplied by the pleasures of some other , may be fairly allow- ed . But ...
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391 ページ - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
177 ページ - That the foundation of English liberty and of all free government, is, a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
251 ページ - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. 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.
174 ページ - That they are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent.
204 ページ - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
47 ページ - One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch a mortal proud of his parts, and flattered either by the submission of those who court his kindness, or the notice of those who suffer him to court theirs. A head thus prepared for the reception of false opinions, and the projection of vain designs, they easily fill with idle notions, till in time they make their plaything an author...
176 ページ - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
2 ページ - ... gradually rising, perhaps from small beginnings, till its foundation rests in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties, to the simplicity of its first plan, to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed, and from what stores the materials were collected, whether its founder dug them from the quarries of Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his...
273 ページ - There was perhaps never any change of national manners so quick, so great, and so general, as that which has operated in the Highlands, by the last conquest, and the subsequent laws. We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of antiquated life.
142 ページ - TO improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.