The Works of Samuel Johnson: With an Essay on His Life and GeniusL. Hansard, 1810 |
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... never have been communicated , had there been the least suspicion of those facts which I have been the in- " strument of conveying to the world in these sheets . " - Milton vindicated from the charge of plagiarism brought against him by ...
... never have been communicated , had there been the least suspicion of those facts which I have been the in- " strument of conveying to the world in these sheets . " - Milton vindicated from the charge of plagiarism brought against him by ...
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... never forgave the author of the Review . It is painful to relate , that after he had suppressed his resentment during Dr. Johnson's life , he gave it vent in a petu- lant and illiberal mock - epitaph , which would not have deserved ...
... never forgave the author of the Review . It is painful to relate , that after he had suppressed his resentment during Dr. Johnson's life , he gave it vent in a petu- lant and illiberal mock - epitaph , which would not have deserved ...
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... never " sure be deemed an injury , or a just reason to ques- " tion his infinite benevolence . All our happiness is " owing to his goodness ; but that it is no greater , is owing only to ourselves ; that is , to our not having any ...
... never " sure be deemed an injury , or a just reason to ques- " tion his infinite benevolence . All our happiness is " owing to his goodness ; but that it is no greater , is owing only to ourselves ; that is , to our not having any ...
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... never ask the question for itself . The bass and treble differ only to the hearer , meanness and magnificence only to the inhabitant . There is no Evil but must inhere in a conscious being , or be referred to it ; that is , Evil must be ...
... never ask the question for itself . The bass and treble differ only to the hearer , meanness and magnificence only to the inhabitant . There is no Evil but must inhere in a conscious being , or be referred to it ; that is , Evil must be ...
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... never be able to discern . Our discoveries tell us , the Creator has made beings of all orders , and that therefore one of them must be such as man . But this system seems to be established on a conces , sion , which , if it be refused ...
... never be able to discern . Our discoveries tell us , the Creator has made beings of all orders , and that therefore one of them must be such as man . But this system seems to be established on a conces , sion , which , if it be refused ...
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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.