The Works of Samuel Johnson.LL.D..: The ramblerT. Longman, B. White and Son, B. Law, J. Dodsley, H. Baldwin, J. Robson, J Johnson, C. Dilly, T. Vernor, G. G. J. and J. Robinson, T. Cadell, J. Nichols, R. Baldwin, N. Conant, P. Elmsly, F. and C. Rivington, T. Payne, W. Goldsmith, R. Faulder, Leigh and Sotheby, G. Nicol, J. Murray, A. Strahan, W. Lowndes, T. Evans, W. Bent, S. Hayes, G. and T. Wilkie, T. and J. Egerton, W. Fox, P. M.'Queen, Ogilvie and Speale, Darton and Harvey, G. and C. Kearsley, W. Millar, B. C. Collins, and E. Newbery., 1792 |
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... fure by apologies , or roufing attention by abrupt nefs . The epick writers have found the proemial part of the poem fuch an addition to their undertaking , that they have almost unanimoufly adopted the first lines of Homer , and the ...
... fure by apologies , or roufing attention by abrupt nefs . The epick writers have found the proemial part of the poem fuch an addition to their undertaking , that they have almost unanimoufly adopted the first lines of Homer , and the ...
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... fure of not being rejected , he might commence author with better hopes , as his failings might efcape contempt , though he shall never attain much regard . But fince the world fuppofes every man that writes , ambitious of applause , as ...
... fure of not being rejected , he might commence author with better hopes , as his failings might efcape contempt , though he shall never attain much regard . But fince the world fuppofes every man that writes , ambitious of applause , as ...
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... fure to be neglected , however his reputation for science or virtue may excite our curiofity or esteem ; fo that the lover of retirement needs not be afraid left the refpect of strangers fhould overwhelm him with vifits . Even thofe to ...
... fure to be neglected , however his reputation for science or virtue may excite our curiofity or esteem ; fo that the lover of retirement needs not be afraid left the refpect of strangers fhould overwhelm him with vifits . Even thofe to ...
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... fure , they have foon felt the languors of fatiety , and found themfelves unable to purfue the race of life without frequent refpirations of intermediate folitude . Το To produce this difpofition nothing appears re- quifite but quick 40 ...
... fure , they have foon felt the languors of fatiety , and found themfelves unable to purfue the race of life without frequent refpirations of intermediate folitude . Το To produce this difpofition nothing appears re- quifite but quick 40 ...
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... fure to be neglected , however his reputation for fcience or virtue may excite our curiofity or esteem ; fo that the lover of retirement needs not be afraid left the respect of strangers fhould overwhelm him with vifits . Even thofe to ...
... fure to be neglected , however his reputation for fcience or virtue may excite our curiofity or esteem ; fo that the lover of retirement needs not be afraid left the respect of strangers fhould overwhelm him with vifits . Even thofe to ...
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Page 2 - It is therefore not a sufficient vindication of a character, that it is drawn as it appears, for many characters ought never to be drawn; nor of a narrative, that the train of events is agreeable to observation and experience, for that observation which is called knowledge of the world, will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.
Page 289 - If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition.
Page 13 - There have been men indeed splendidly wicked, whose endowments threw a brightness on their crimes, and whom scarce any villainy made perfectly detestable, because they never could be wholly divested of their excellencies; but such have been in all ages the great corrupters of the world, and their resemblance ought no more to be preserved than the art of murdering without pain.
Page 207 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance; it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.
Page 300 - He rose with confidence and tranquillity, and pressed on with his sabre in his hand, for the beasts of the desert were in motion, and on every hand were heard the mingled howls of rage and fear, and ravage and expiration ; all the horrors of darkness and solitude surrounded him ; the winds roared in the woods, and the torrents tumbled from the hills.
Page 197 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have...
Page 303 - ... effort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless, nor sincere endeavours ever unassisted ; that the wanderer may at length return after all his errors ; and that he who implores strength and courage from above, shall find danger and difficulty give way before him.
Page 12 - ... we lose the abhorrence of their faults, because they do not hinder our pleasure, or, perhaps, regard them with some kindness, for being united with so much merit.
Page 287 - Our passions are therefore more strongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or pleasure proposed to our minds, by recognising them as once our own, or considering them as naturally incident to our state of life.