But if the power of example is so great, as to take possession of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almost without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken, that, when the choice is unrestrained, the best examples only... The British Essayists: Rambler - Page 17by Lionel Thomas Berguer - 1823Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - English essays - 1750 - 296 pages
...is fo great, as to take pofleffion of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almoft without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken that, when the choice is unreftrained, the beft examples only fhould be exhibited ; and that which is likely to operate fo ftrongly,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1752 - 326 pages
...is fo great, as to take pofleffion of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almoft without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken that, when the choice is unrcftrained, the belt examples only fhould be exhibited ; and that which is likely to operate fo flrongly,... | |
| 1785 - 596 pages
...example is fo great as to take poflèfRon of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effccb almoil without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken that, when the choice is unreftraiiitd, the beft examples only mould be exhittted ; and that which is likely to operate fo ftronglv,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...is fo great, as to take pofleflion of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almoft without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken, that, when the choice is unreflrained, the beft examples only fhould be exhibited ; and that which is likely to operate fo ftrongly,... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787
...is fo great, as to take pofleffion of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almoft without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken, that, when the choice is unreftrained, the beft examples only fhould be exhibited ; and that which is likely to operate fo ftrongly,... | |
| Charles Moore (rector of Cuxton.) - Dueling - 1790 - 482 pages
...be'fo great, as to take pofleffion of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almoft without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken, that when the choice is unreftrained, the " beft examples" only ihould be exhibited ; and that, which is likely to operate... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...example is fo great as to take poffeffion of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effects almoft without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken, that, when the choice is unreftrained, the beft examples only fhould be exhibited ; and that which is likely to operate fo ftrongly,... | |
| Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1797 - 450 pages
...is fo great, as to take poiTeffion of the memory by a kind of violence, and produce effeéh almolt without the intervention of the will, care ought to be taken, that, when the choice is unreftrained, the deft examples only fhould be exhibited ; and that what is likely to operate fo ftrongly,... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 360 pages
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