The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Tales and visions: The history of Rasselas, The vision of Theodore, The apotheosis of Milton. Prayers and devotional exercises. Apophthegms, sentiments, opinions, and occasional reflections. Irene, a tragedy. Poems. Miscellaneous poems. PoemataJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... knowledge of the ways of men . His with ftill continued , but his hope grew lefs . He ceafed to furvey any longer the walls of his prifon , and fpared to fearch by new toils for in- terstices which he knew could not be found , yet de ...
... knowledge of the ways of men . His with ftill continued , but his hope grew lefs . He ceafed to furvey any longer the walls of his prifon , and fpared to fearch by new toils for in- terstices which he knew could not be found , yet de ...
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... knowledge , imagining that the time would come when all his acquifitions fhould be of ufe to him in the open world . He came one day to amufe himself in his ufual manner , and found the mafter bufy in build- ing a failing chariot : he ...
... knowledge , imagining that the time would come when all his acquifitions fhould be of ufe to him in the open world . He came one day to amufe himself in his ufual manner , and found the mafter bufy in build- ing a failing chariot : he ...
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... knowledge paffes filently away , and is very little diverfified by events . To talk in publick , to think in folitude , to read and to hear , to enquire , and anfwer enquiries , is the bufinefs of a fcholar . He wanders about the world ...
... knowledge paffes filently away , and is very little diverfified by events . To talk in publick , to think in folitude , to read and to hear , to enquire , and anfwer enquiries , is the bufinefs of a fcholar . He wanders about the world ...
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... knowledge , and feit the pleasure of intelligence . and the pride of invention , I began filently to defpife riches , and determined to difappoint the purpose of my father , whofe groffnefs of conception railed my pity . I was twenty ...
... knowledge , and feit the pleasure of intelligence . and the pride of invention , I began filently to defpife riches , and determined to difappoint the purpose of my father , whofe groffnefs of conception railed my pity . I was twenty ...
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... knowledge , to quench the thirft of curiosity . " As I was fuppofed to trade without connexion with my father , it was eafy for me to become ac- quainted with the master of a ship , and procure a paffage to fome other country . I had no ...
... knowledge , to quench the thirft of curiosity . " As I was fuppofed to trade without connexion with my father , it was eafy for me to become ac- quainted with the master of a ship , and procure a paffage to fome other country . I had no ...
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Términos y frases comunes
ABDALLA Afpafia againſt anfwered ASPASIA Baffa becauſe breaft CALI CARAZA caufe cauſe cenfure character confiderations confidered converfation death defcribed defign defire DEMETRIUS Epictetus Epitaph ev'ry eyes fafe faid Imlac faid the prince fame fear feat fecula fecurity feemed feen fhades fhall fhould fibi filent firft fkies folly fome fometimes foon foul ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofed Greece Guife happineſs happy heav'n hiftory himſelf hope Iliad inftructed IRENE Johnfon juftice laft lefs LEONTIUS loft Lord MAHOMET mankind mifery mihi mind moft moſt muft muſt MUSTAPHA myſelf nature neceffary Nekayah numbers nunc o'er obfervations paffed paffion Pekuah perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet Pope pow'r praiſe prefent princefs publiſhed purpoſe quæ racter Raffelas reafon refolved reft ſtate thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tibi tranflation uſeful verfes viii virtue vitæ whofe
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Página 85 - This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence: and some who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears.
Página 118 - The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty cannot bestow.
Página 15 - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky ? Against an army sailing through the clouds neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital...
Página 334 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 3 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Página 333 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Página 26 - Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified: no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds.
Página 341 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Página 201 - A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.
Página 3 - are happy, and need not envy me that walk thus among you, burdened with myself; nor do I, ye gentle beings, envy your felicity, for it is not the felicity of man. I have many distresses from which ye are free; I fear pain when I do not feel it; I sometimes shrink at evils recollected, and sometimes start at evils anticipated: surely the equity of Providence has balanced peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoyments.