The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The IdlerJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... present time fubfift only by gifts bestowed at pleasure , without any folid fund of support , there is danger left the blaze of charity , which now burns with fo much heat and fplendor , fhould die away for want of lafting fuel ; left ...
... present time fubfift only by gifts bestowed at pleasure , without any folid fund of support , there is danger left the blaze of charity , which now burns with fo much heat and fplendor , fhould die away for want of lafting fuel ; left ...
Side 127
... present state . It is not much of life that is fpent in close atten- tion to any important duty . Many hours of every day are fuffered to fly away without any traces left upon upon the intellects . We fuffer phantoms to rife up N ° 32 ...
... present state . It is not much of life that is fpent in close atten- tion to any important duty . Many hours of every day are fuffered to fly away without any traces left upon upon the intellects . We fuffer phantoms to rife up N ° 32 ...
Side 159
... present state . Genius is fhewn only by invention . The man who first took advantage of the general curiofity that was excited by a fiege or battle , to betray the readers of news into the knowledge of the shop where the best puffs and ...
... present state . Genius is fhewn only by invention . The man who first took advantage of the general curiofity that was excited by a fiege or battle , to betray the readers of news into the knowledge of the shop where the best puffs and ...
Side 162
... present age ? Surely thefe things deferve confideration . It is enough for me to have hinted my defire that these abufes may be rectified ; but fuch is the ftate of na- ture , that what all have the right of doing , many will attempt ...
... present age ? Surely thefe things deferve confideration . It is enough for me to have hinted my defire that these abufes may be rectified ; but fuch is the ftate of na- ture , that what all have the right of doing , many will attempt ...
Side 163
... present day , fuch the refignation of our rea- fon to empty hopes of future felicity , or fuch our unwillingness to foresee what we dread , that every calamity comes fuddenly upon us , and not only preffes us as a burthen , but crushes ...
... present day , fuch the refignation of our rea- fon to empty hopes of future felicity , or fuch our unwillingness to foresee what we dread , that every calamity comes fuddenly upon us , and not only preffes us as a burthen , but crushes ...
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againſt almoſt amuſement ancient feverity beauty becauſe bufinefs bufy buſineſs caufe cauſe cenfure confidered converfation critick cuftom curiofity defign defire delight difcovered eafily eafy endeavour enquire fafe faid fame fatire fecure feem feen feldom fenfe fhall fhew fhop fhort fhould filk fince firft firſt fleep fome fomething fometimes foon fpecies friends ftate ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffered fuperiority fupply fuppofe fure genius happineſs himſelf honour hope houfe houſe idle Idler labour lady laft laſt learned lefs loft mifery Mifs mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity never NUMB obfcurity obferved ourſelves paffed paffions pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praife praiſe prefent promife publick purpoſe raiſed reafon refolution refolved reft SATURDAY ſhall ſhe ſtate tell thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion tranflation underſtanding univerfal uſed vifit whofe whoſe wife wiſh worfe write
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Side 307 - I know none who have explained in what manner this rule is to be understood; the consequence of which is, that every one takes it in the most obvious sense, that objects are represented naturally when they have such relief that they seem real. It may appear strange, perhaps, to hear this sense of the rule disputed; but it must be considered, that, if the excellency...
Side 192 - The ambition of superior sensibility and 'superior eloquence disposes the lovers of arts to receive rapture at one time, and communicate it at another ; and each labours first to impose upon himself, and then to propagate the imposture.
Side 382 - None will flatter the poor, and the wise have very little power of flattering themselves. That man is surely the most wretched of the sons of wretchedness, who lives with his own faults and follies always before him, and who has none to reconcile him to himself by praise and veneration. I have long sought content, and have not found it ; I will from this moment endeavour to be rich.
Side 390 - Seventy years are allowed to man ; I have yet fifty remaining ; ten years I will allot to the attainment of knowledge, and ten I will pass in foreign countries...
Side 334 - But such is the present state of our literature, that the ancient sage, who thought a great book a great evil, would now think the multitude of books a multitude of evils. He would consider a bulky writer who engrossed a year, and a swarm of pamphleteers who stole each an hour, as equal wasters of human life, and would make no other difference between them, than between a beast of prey and a flight of locusts.
Side 49 - ... to the loiterer, who makes appointments which he never keeps; to the consulter, who asks advice which he never takes; to the boaster, who blusters only to be praised; to the complainer, who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the...
Side 169 - MEMORY is, among the faculties of the human mind, that of which we make the most frequent use, or rather that of which the agency is incessant or perpetual. Memory is the primary and fundamental power, without which there could be no other intellectual operation.
Side 297 - ... instead of giving up the reins of their imagination into their author's hands, their frigid minds are employed in examining whether the performance be according to the rules of art.
Side 20 - All foreigners remark, that the knowledge of the common people of England is greater than that of any other vulgar. This superiority we undoubtedly owe to the rivulets of intelligence, which are continually trickling among us, which every one may catch, and of which every one partakes.
Side 320 - ... he always annexes to the dove ; but, if he pretends to defend the preference he gives to one or the other by endeavouring to prove that this more beautiful form proceeds from a particular gradation of magnitude, undulation of a curve, or direction of a line, or whatever other conceit of his imagination he shall fix on as a criterion of form, he will be continually contradicting himself, and find at last that the great Mother of Nature will not be subjected to such narrow rules.