The Works of Samuel Johnson, Հատոր 5Nichols and Son, 1816 |
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... remarks , that the old man is dilator , spe longus , given to procrasti- nation , and inclined to extend his hopes to a great distance . So far are we generally from thinking what we often say of the shortness of life , that at the time ...
... remarks , that the old man is dilator , spe longus , given to procrasti- nation , and inclined to extend his hopes to a great distance . So far are we generally from thinking what we often say of the shortness of life , that at the time ...
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... remarks were remembered by those who desired the second degree of fame , my mien was studied , my dress was imitated , my let- ters were handed from one family to another , and read by those who copied them as sent to them- selves ; my ...
... remarks were remembered by those who desired the second degree of fame , my mien was studied , my dress was imitated , my let- ters were handed from one family to another , and read by those who copied them as sent to them- selves ; my ...
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... 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 people can deserve the censure of being more averse from learning than any other ...
... 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 people can deserve the censure of being more averse from learning than any other ...
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... remark how little concern is caused by the eternal departure even of those who have passed their lives with public honours , and been distin- guished by extraordinary performances . It is not possible to be regarded with tenderness ...
... remark how little concern is caused by the eternal departure even of those who have passed their lives with public honours , and been distin- guished by extraordinary performances . It is not possible to be regarded with tenderness ...
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... property of some eminent person , as the armour of King Henry ; or for having been used on some remark- able occasion , as the lantern of Guy Faux The " loss or preservation of these seems to be a 74 N ° 83 . THE RAMBLER .
... property of some eminent person , as the armour of King Henry ; or for having been used on some remark- able occasion , as the lantern of Guy Faux The " loss or preservation of these seems to be a 74 N ° 83 . THE RAMBLER .
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Էջ 413 - Let there be light, and light was over all; Why am I thus bereaved thy prime decree? The sun to me is dark And silent as the moon, When she deserts the night Hid in her vacant interlunar cave.
Էջ 124 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense : 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: When Ajax strives some rock's vast weight to throw, The line too labours, and the words move slow : Not so, when swift Camilla scours the plain, Flies o'er th' unbending corn, and skims along the main.
Էջ 133 - 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.
Էջ 411 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
Էջ 82 - 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.
Էջ 138 - Up to our native seat : descent and fall To us is adverse. Who but felt of late, When the fierce foe hung on our broken rear Insulting, and pursued us through the deep, With what compulsion and laborious flight We sunk thus low? The...
Էջ 105 - Whatever hypocrites austerely talk Of purity, and place, and innocence, Defaming as impure what God declares Pure, and commands to some, leaves free to all.
Էջ 107 - Adam, well may we labour still to dress This garden, still to tend plant, herb, and flower, Our pleasant task enjoin'd ; but, till more hands Aid us, the work under our labour grows, Luxurious by restraint ; what we by day Lop overgrown, or prune, or prop, or bind, One night or two with wanton growth derides, Tending to wild.
Էջ 48 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Էջ 82 - Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole : « Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent! and thou the day...