The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.L. Hansard, 1806 |
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... language 92 Nature of cunning 93 Sam Softly's History 94 Obstructions of learning 95 Tim Wainscot's son a fine gentleman 96 Hacho of Lapland · 97 Narratives of travellers considered 98 Sophia Heedful 99 Ortogrul of Basra 100 The good ...
... language 92 Nature of cunning 93 Sam Softly's History 94 Obstructions of learning 95 Tim Wainscot's son a fine gentleman 96 Hacho of Lapland · 97 Narratives of travellers considered 98 Sophia Heedful 99 Ortogrul of Basra 100 The good ...
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... language was much assisted , I have been hitherto inclined to doubt whether my countrymen are not blamed too hastily for their calm and motionless utterance . Foreigners of many nations accompany their speech with action ; but why ...
... language was much assisted , I have been hitherto inclined to doubt whether my countrymen are not blamed too hastily for their calm and motionless utterance . Foreigners of many nations accompany their speech with action ; but why ...
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... language are much greater than they are commonly supposed . Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and ... languages are not necessary 22 N ° 91 . THE IDLER .
... language are much greater than they are commonly supposed . Many useful and valuable books lie buried in shops and ... languages are not necessary 22 N ° 91 . THE IDLER .
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... language . He that searches after mathemati- cal knowledge may busy himself among his own countrymen , and will find one or other able to in- struct him in every part of those abstruse sciences . He that is delighted with experiments ...
... language . He that searches after mathemati- cal knowledge may busy himself among his own countrymen , and will find one or other able to in- struct him in every part of those abstruse sciences . He that is delighted with experiments ...
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... language has , from the Reforma- tion to the present time , been chiefly dignified and adorned by the works of our divines , who , consi- dered as commentators , controvertists , or preachers , have undoubtedly left all other nations ...
... language has , from the Reforma- tion to the present time , been chiefly dignified and adorned by the works of our divines , who , consi- dered as commentators , controvertists , or preachers , have undoubtedly left all other nations ...
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317 ページ - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses ; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the...
317 ページ - ... dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona ! We came too late to visit monuments : some care was necessary for ourselves.
118 ページ - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
72 ページ - ... in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties to the simplicity of...
177 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.
69 ページ - Acorns, so Men are by some unaccountable power driven one against another, till they lose their motion, that Vultures may be fed. Others think they have observed something of contrivance and policy among these...
59 ページ - ... pleasures. But at fifty no man easily finds a woman beautiful as the Houries, and wise as Zobeide. I inquired and rejected, consulted and deliberated, till the sixtysecond year made me ashamed of gazing upon girls. I had now nothing left but retirement ; and for retirement I never found a time, till disease forced me from public employment.
43 ページ - He that instructs must offer to the mind something to be imitated, or something to be avoided ; he that pleases must offor new images to his reader, and enable him to form a tacit comparison of his own state with that of others. • The greater part of travellers tell nothing, because their method of travelling supplies them with nothing to be told.
197 ページ - A man of the Hebrides, for of the women's diet I can give no account, as soon as he appears in the morning, swallows a glass of whisky; yet they are not a drunken race...
59 ページ - Such was my scheme, and such has been its consequence. With an insatiable thirst for knowledge, I trifled away the years of improvement ; with a restless desire of seeing different countries, I have always resided in the same city ; with the highest expectation of connubial felicity, I have lived unmarried ; and with unalterable resolutions of contemplative retirement, I am going to die within the walls of Bagdat.