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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... natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure , but from hope to hope . He that directs his fteps ... nature , it must be confeffed , that this caution against keeping our view too intent upon remote advan- tages is ...
... natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure , but from hope to hope . He that directs his fteps ... nature , it must be confeffed , that this caution against keeping our view too intent upon remote advan- tages is ...
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... nature may not have qualified him much to enlarge or embellish knowledge , nor fent him forth intitled by indifputable fuperiority to regulate the conduct of the reft of mankind ; that , though the world must be granted to be yet in ...
... nature may not have qualified him much to enlarge or embellish knowledge , nor fent him forth intitled by indifputable fuperiority to regulate the conduct of the reft of mankind ; that , though the world must be granted to be yet in ...
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... asleep with the foft notes of flattery . Though the nature of my undertaking gives me fufficient reafon to dread the united attacks of this virulent virulent generation , yet I have not hitherto per- fuaded N ° 3 . 15 THE RAMBLER .
... asleep with the foft notes of flattery . Though the nature of my undertaking gives me fufficient reafon to dread the united attacks of this virulent virulent generation , yet I have not hitherto per- fuaded N ° 3 . 15 THE RAMBLER .
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... nature , or acquaintance with life . The task of our prefent writers is very different ; it requires , together with that learning which is to be gained from books , that experience which can never be attained by folitary diligence ...
... nature , or acquaintance with life . The task of our prefent writers is very different ; it requires , together with that learning which is to be gained from books , that experience which can never be attained by folitary diligence ...
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... nature ; but it is neceffary to diftin- guish those parts of nature , which are most proper for imitation : greater care is ftill required in repre- fenting life , which is fo often difcoloured by paffion , or deformed by wickedness ...
... nature ; but it is neceffary to diftin- guish those parts of nature , which are most proper for imitation : greater care is ftill required in repre- fenting life , which is fo often difcoloured by paffion , or deformed by wickedness ...
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againſt almoſt amuſements Anthea becauſe buſineſs caufe cauſe cenfure confequence confider confulted converfation curiofity defire diſcover eafily endeavour equally eſcape eſtabliſhed fame fatisfaction favour fays fchemes fear fecret fecure feem feldom fent fentiments fervant fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon fpring friends friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fuppofe fure genius happineſs himſelf honour hope houſe imagination induſtry inftruction intereft itſelf kindneſs labour lady laft laſt LEARNING leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind meaſures mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity never NUMB obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pain perfons perfuaded pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent publick purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reaſon reft refuſed ſeems ſhall ſhe ſome ſtate thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion underſtanding univerfal uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe
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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.