The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Nichols, 1816 |
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... labour of deserving it , in which the most elevated mind is willing to de- scend , and the most active to be at rest . All there- fore are at some hour or another fond of compa- nions whom they can entertain upon easy terms , and who ...
... labour of deserving it , in which the most elevated mind is willing to de- scend , and the most active to be at rest . All there- fore are at some hour or another fond of compa- nions whom they can entertain upon easy terms , and who ...
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... labour of contest , too tender for the asperity of contradiction , and too delicate for the coarseness of truth ; a little opposition offends , a little restraint enrages , and a little difficulty perplexes him ; having been ac ...
... labour of contest , too tender for the asperity of contradiction , and too delicate for the coarseness of truth ; a little opposition offends , a little restraint enrages , and a little difficulty perplexes him ; having been ac ...
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... labours of duty , and the sorrows of repentance . For this purpose every seducement and fallacy is sought , the hopes still rest upon some new experi- ment till life is at an end ; and the last hour steals on unperceived , while the ...
... labours of duty , and the sorrows of repentance . For this purpose every seducement and fallacy is sought , the hopes still rest upon some new experi- ment till life is at an end ; and the last hour steals on unperceived , while the ...
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... labour . Gloom and silence produce composure of mind , and concentra- tion of ideas ; and the privation of external plea- sure naturally causes an effort to find entertainment within . This is the time in which those whom literature ...
... labour . Gloom and silence produce composure of mind , and concentra- tion of ideas ; and the privation of external plea- sure naturally causes an effort to find entertainment within . This is the time in which those whom literature ...
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... labours have procured to my country ; and therefore I shall tell you that Britain can , by my care , boast of a snail that has crawled upon the wall of China ; a humming bird which an American princess wore in her ear ; the tooth of an ...
... labours have procured to my country ; and therefore I shall tell you that Britain can , by my care , boast of a snail that has crawled upon the wall of China ; a humming bird which an American princess wore in her ear ; the tooth of an ...
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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.
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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.
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Page 441 - I sight, confused with shame, How could I once look up, or heave the head, Who, like a foolish pilot, have...