The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Nichols, 1816 |
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... , by suggesting ideas of excellence , which men and the performances of men cannot attain . But let no man rashly determine , that his unwillingness to be pleased is a proof of under- standing No 74 . 23 THE RAMBLER .
... , by suggesting ideas of excellence , which men and the performances of men cannot attain . But let no man rashly determine , that his unwillingness to be pleased is a proof of under- standing No 74 . 23 THE RAMBLER .
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... excellence of one virtue to another , which has long furnished a sub- ject of dispute to men whose leisure sent them out into the intellectual world in search of employment , and who have , perhaps , been sometimes withheld from the ...
... excellence of one virtue to another , which has long furnished a sub- ject of dispute to men whose leisure sent them out into the intellectual world in search of employment , and who have , perhaps , been sometimes withheld from the ...
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... excellence , and the danger is still greater when that excellence is consecrated by death ; when envy and interest cease to act against it , and those passions by which it was at first vilified and opposed , now stand in its defence ...
... excellence , and the danger is still greater when that excellence is consecrated by death ; when envy and interest cease to act against it , and those passions by which it was at first vilified and opposed , now stand in its defence ...
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... excellence shall prove ; Fierceness itself shall hear its rage away , When list'ning calmly to th ' instructive lay . HOR . FRANCIS . THAT few things are so liberally bestowed , or squandered with so little effect , as good advice , has ...
... excellence shall prove ; Fierceness itself shall hear its rage away , When list'ning calmly to th ' instructive lay . HOR . FRANCIS . THAT few things are so liberally bestowed , or squandered with so little effect , as good advice , has ...
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... excellence , when higher excel- lence comes within our view . Much of the beauty of writing is of this kind ; and therefore Boileau justly remarks , that the books which have stood the test of time , and been admired through all the ...
... excellence , when higher excel- lence comes within our view . Much of the beauty of writing is of this kind ; and therefore Boileau justly remarks , that the books which have stood the test of time , and been admired through all the ...
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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
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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...