The Works of Samuel Johnson: LL.D. A New Edition in Twelve Volumes. With an Essay on His Life and Genius, by Arthur Murphy, Esq, Volume 3F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... shew you that it is the balm of being , the quality to which all that adorns or elevates mankind must owe its power of pleasing . Without good - humour , learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of ...
... shew you that it is the balm of being , the quality to which all that adorns or elevates mankind must owe its power of pleasing . Without good - humour , learning and bravery can only confer that superiority which swells the heart of ...
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... shew the gladness of their souls by flights of pleasantry , and bursts of laughter . But though these men may be for a time heard with applause and admiration , they seldom delight us long . We enjoy them a little , and then retire to ...
... shew the gladness of their souls by flights of pleasantry , and bursts of laughter . But though these men may be for a time heard with applause and admiration , they seldom delight us long . We enjoy them a little , and then retire to ...
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... shew the value of this quality , than that it recom- mends those who are destitute of all other excellen- cies , and procures regard to the trifling , friendship to the worthless , and affection to the dull . Good - humour is indeed ...
... shew the value of this quality , than that it recom- mends those who are destitute of all other excellen- cies , and procures regard to the trifling , friendship to the worthless , and affection to the dull . Good - humour is indeed ...
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... shew that our favour is valued , since it is purchased by the meanness of falsehood . But , perhaps , the flatterer is not often detected , for an honest mind is not apt to suspect , and no one exerts the power of discernment with much ...
... shew that our favour is valued , since it is purchased by the meanness of falsehood . But , perhaps , the flatterer is not often detected , for an honest mind is not apt to suspect , and no one exerts the power of discernment with much ...
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... shew pecuniary merit , why should she think her cheapener obliged to purchase ? But , My lovers were not all contented with silent de- sertion . Some of them revenged the neglect which they had formerly endured by wanton and superflu ...
... shew pecuniary merit , why should she think her cheapener obliged to purchase ? But , My lovers were not all contented with silent de- sertion . Some of them revenged the neglect which they had formerly endured by wanton and superflu ...
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Page 79 - Here love his golden shafts employs, here lights His constant lamp, and waves his purple wings, Reigns here and revels...
Page 106 - 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 83 - God made thee of choice his own, and of his own To serve him; thy reward was of his grace; Thy punishment then justly is at his will. Be...
Page 90 - Shoots far into the bosom of dim Night A glimmering dawn : here Nature first begins Her farthest verge, and Chaos to retire...
Page 405 - Nor the other light of life continue long, But yield to double darkness nigh at hand : So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
Page 120 - 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...
Page 46 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 80 - 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 375 - Who dares think one thing, and another tell, My heart detests him as the gates of hell.
Page 83 - Modesty itself, if it is praised, will be envied ; and there are minds so impatient of inferiority, that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.