The Works of Samuel Johnson: With an Essay on His Life and GeniusL. Hansard, 1810 |
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... hundred as good as he ; that even if this which has happened to Middlesex had happened to every other county , that one man should be made incapable of being elected , it could produce no great change in the parliament , nor much ...
... hundred as good as he ; that even if this which has happened to Middlesex had happened to every other county , that one man should be made incapable of being elected , it could produce no great change in the parliament , nor much ...
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... hundred miles round , and represented it as a region naked indeed of wood , but which , if that defect were sup- plied , would have all that nature , almost all that luxury could want , The harbour he found capa¬ cious and secure , and ...
... hundred miles round , and represented it as a region naked indeed of wood , but which , if that defect were sup- plied , would have all that nature , almost all that luxury could want , The harbour he found capa¬ cious and secure , and ...
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... hundred men , with a train of twenty - seven cannon , four mortars , and two hundred bombs . The fleet con- sisted of five frigates , from twenty to thirty guns , which were now stationed opposite to the Block- house . He then sent them ...
... hundred men , with a train of twenty - seven cannon , four mortars , and two hundred bombs . The fleet con- sisted of five frigates , from twenty to thirty guns , which were now stationed opposite to the Block- house . He then sent them ...
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... hundred men , such as this degenerate age affords , a majority can be found thus virtuously abstracted , who will affirm ? Yet there is no good in despondence : vigilance and activity often effect more than was expected . Let us take a ...
... hundred men , such as this degenerate age affords , a majority can be found thus virtuously abstracted , who will affirm ? Yet there is no good in despondence : vigilance and activity often effect more than was expected . Let us take a ...
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... hundred years too late for the candidates of sovereignty . When he formed his project of discovery , the fluctuations of military turbulence had subsided , and Europe began to regain a settled form , by established government and ...
... hundred years too late for the candidates of sovereignty . When he formed his project of discovery , the fluctuations of military turbulence had subsided , and Europe began to regain a settled form , by established government and ...
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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.