The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Nichols, 1816 |
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... common accomplishments , and endeavour ra- ther to solicit kindness than to raise esteem ; there- fore in assemblies and places of resort it seldom fails to happen , that though at the entrance of some particular person every face ...
... common accomplishments , and endeavour ra- ther to solicit kindness than to raise esteem ; there- fore in assemblies and places of resort it seldom fails to happen , that though at the entrance of some particular person every face ...
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... common pleasures of life become insipid by repetition , we are willing to impute our uneasiness to causes not wholly out . of our power , and please ourselves with fancying that we suffer by neglect , unkindness , or any evil which ...
... common pleasures of life become insipid by repetition , we are willing to impute our uneasiness to causes not wholly out . of our power , and please ourselves with fancying that we suffer by neglect , unkindness , or any evil which ...
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... common - places of vanity solicitous for splendour of sentences , and acuteness of remark . Yet it cannot be denied that frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships , and though it is evident , that not more than one age or ...
... common - places of vanity solicitous for splendour of sentences , and acuteness of remark . Yet it cannot be denied that frequent discontent must proceed from frequent hardships , and though it is evident , that not more than one age or ...
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... common , but be- cause it is adapted to some useful purpose , and en- ables us to supply some deficiency of our nature . Milton has judiciously represented the father of mankind , as seized with horror and astonishment at the sight of ...
... common , but be- cause it is adapted to some useful purpose , and en- ables us to supply some deficiency of our nature . Milton has judiciously represented the father of mankind , as seized with horror and astonishment at the sight of ...
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... common spectacle in which we have no concern , and turn away from it to trifles and amusements , without dejection of look , or inquietude of heart . It is , indeed , apparent from the constitution of the world , that there must be a ...
... common spectacle in which we have no concern , and turn away from it to trifles and amusements , without dejection of look , or inquietude of heart . It is , indeed , apparent from the constitution of the world , that there must be a ...
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Ajax amusements Aristotle attention beauty CAPRICE celebrated censure common considered contempt critick curiosity Dagon danger delight Demochares desire dignity diligence discover domestick elegance endeavoured envy equally excellence expected expence extempo eyes FALSEHOOD fancy favour fear February 19 flattered folly fortune frequently genius gisms gratifications happiness harmony heart Homer honour hope hopes and fears hour human idleness imagination inclined innu January 26 JUPITER justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less lives look mankind March 19 ment Milton mind miscarriages nature necessary negligence ness never NUMB numbers observed once opinion OVID passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure praise precepts pride publick RAMBLER reason regard reproach ruentes SATURDAY scarcely seldom sentiments shew sometimes soon sophisms sound species spect suffer surely syllables thing thou thought tion truth TUESDAY vanity verse Virgil virtue writer
Popular passages
Page 137 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
Page 146 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 234 - Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise: He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.
Page 442 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
Page 148 - Th' infernal doors, and on their hinges grate Harsh thunder, that the lowest bottom shook Of Erebus.
Page 119 - Urania, and fit audience find, though few. But drive far off the barbarous dissonance Of Bacchus and his revellers, the race Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian Bard In Rhodope, where woods and rocks had ears To rapture, till the savage clamour drowned Both harp and voice ; nor could the Muse defend Her son.
Page 61 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 95 - But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Page 441 - I sight, confused with shame, How could I once look up, or heave the head, Who, like a foolish pilot, have...