The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Nichols and Son, 1816 - English literature |
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... regard those petty qualities , which grow important only by their frequency , and which , though they produce no single acts of heroism , nor astonish us by great events , yet are every moment exerting their influ- ence upon us , and ...
... regard those petty qualities , which grow important only by their frequency , and which , though they produce no single acts of heroism , nor astonish us by great events , yet are every moment exerting their influ- ence upon us , and ...
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... regard the gratification of another . It is imagined by many , that whenever they aspire to please , they are required to be merry , and to shew the gladness of their souls by flights of pleasantry , and bursts of laughter . But though ...
... regard the gratification of another . It is imagined by many , that whenever they aspire to please , they are required to be merry , and to shew the gladness of their souls by flights of pleasantry , and bursts of laughter . But though ...
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... regard . It is remarked by prince Henry , when he sees Falstaff lying on the ground , that he could have bet- ter spared a better man . He was well acquainted with the vices and follies of him whom he lamented , but while his conviction ...
... regard . It is remarked by prince Henry , when he sees Falstaff lying on the ground , that he could have bet- ter spared a better man . He was well acquainted with the vices and follies of him whom he lamented , but while his conviction ...
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... regards the welfare of others , should make his virtue approachable , that it may be loved and copied ; and he that considers the wants which every man feels , or will feel , of external assistance , must rather wish to be surrounded by ...
... regards the welfare of others , should make his virtue approachable , that it may be loved and copied ; and he that considers the wants which every man feels , or will feel , of external assistance , must rather wish to be surrounded by ...
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... regard in every place of con- course or pleasure . My opinion was the great rule of approbation , my remarks were remembered by those who desired the second degree of fame , my mien was studied , my dress was imitated , my let- ters ...
... regard in every place of con- course or pleasure . My opinion was the great rule of approbation , my remarks were remembered by those who desired the second degree of fame , my mien was studied , my dress was imitated , my let- ters ...
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Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 411 - No strength of man or fiercest wild beast could withstand ; Who tore the lion...
Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 48 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 82 - Which they beheld, the moon's resplendent globe, And starry pole : « Thou also mad'st the night, Maker Omnipotent! and thou the day...