The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous : to which are Now Added, Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Works of Mrs. Piozzi, His Life, Recently Published by Mr. Boswell, and Other Authentic Testimonies : Also His Will, and the Sermon He Wrote for the Late Doctor DoddG. Kearsley ... [and 5 others], 1804 - 394 pagina's |
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Pagina ix
... Evil 187 Humanity 223 Example 182 Humour , Good 225 Excellence Exercise 187 Humour , Good , com- 193 pared with Gaiety 227 Expectation 191 Hypocrisy ibid . F. I. Fable 207 Idleness 234 Faction 208 Jealousy 228 Falsehood ibid . Jesting ...
... Evil 187 Humanity 223 Example 182 Humour , Good 225 Excellence Exercise 187 Humour , Good , com- 193 pared with Gaiety 227 Expectation 191 Hypocrisy ibid . F. I. Fable 207 Idleness 234 Faction 208 Jealousy 228 Falsehood ibid . Jesting ...
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... evil , which terribly afflicted his childhood ,, and left such marks as greatly disfigured a countenance naturally harsh and rugged , besides doing irreparable damage to the auricular organs , which never could perform their functions ...
... evil , which terribly afflicted his childhood ,, and left such marks as greatly disfigured a countenance naturally harsh and rugged , besides doing irreparable damage to the auricular organs , which never could perform their functions ...
Pagina 99
... evil life should be discovered : —but of this every man must determine for himself . — To the public , every man before he departs from life , is oblig- ed to confess those acts which have brought , or may bring unjust suspicion upon ...
... evil life should be discovered : —but of this every man must determine for himself . — To the public , every man before he departs from life , is oblig- ed to confess those acts which have brought , or may bring unjust suspicion upon ...
Pagina 100
... evil thoughts , words , and works , which have so provoked thy patience that thou hast been pleased to permit this public and shameful judgment to fall upon us ; and grant us such a portion of grace and godly sincerity , that we may ...
... evil thoughts , words , and works , which have so provoked thy patience that thou hast been pleased to permit this public and shameful judgment to fall upon us ; and grant us such a portion of grace and godly sincerity , that we may ...
Pagina 145
... Evil is not only the occasional , but the efficient , cause of charity . We are incited to the relief of misery by the consciousness that we have the same nature with the sufferer ; that we are in danger of the same distresses ; ' and ...
... Evil is not only the occasional , but the efficient , cause of charity . We are incited to the relief of misery by the consciousness that we have the same nature with the sufferer ; that we are in danger of the same distresses ; ' and ...
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Pagina 47 - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
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Pagina 256 - To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible. 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.
Pagina 46 - World,' that two papers, in which my ' Dictionary ' is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Pagina 47 - This man (said he) I thought had been a Lord among wits; but, I find, he is only a wit among Lords!
Pagina 138 - The essence of poetry is invention ; such invention as, by producing something unexpected, surprises and delights. The topics of devotion are few, and being few are universally known ; but, few as they are, they can be made no more ; they can receive no grace from novelty of sentiment, and very little from novelty of expression.
Pagina 119 - His bonds of debt, and mortgages of lands; Or views his coffers with suspicious eyes, Unlocks his gold, and counts it till he dies.
Pagina 47 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind ; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a patron which providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Pagina 91 - And when they had laid many stripes upon them, they cast them into prison, charging the jailor to keep them safely ; who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.
Pagina 270 - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure, whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will...