The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Nichols and Son, 1801 |
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... poffeffion of the memory by a kind of vio- lence , and produce effects almoft without the inter- vention of the will , care ought to be taken , that , when the choice is unreftrained , the best examples only should be exhibited ; and ...
... poffeffion of the memory by a kind of vio- lence , and produce effects almoft without the inter- vention of the will , care ought to be taken , that , when the choice is unreftrained , the best examples only should be exhibited ; and ...
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... poffeffion of our thoughts ; all that can excite in us either pain or pleasure , has a tendency to obftruct the way that leads to happiness , and either to turn us afide , or retard our progress . Our fenfes , our appetites , and our ...
... poffeffion of our thoughts ; all that can excite in us either pain or pleasure , has a tendency to obftruct the way that leads to happiness , and either to turn us afide , or retard our progress . Our fenfes , our appetites , and our ...
الصفحة 52
... poffeffion for the fake of our innocence . When a man finds himself led , though by a train of honeft fentiments , to wifh for that to which he has no right , he should start back as from a pitfal covered with flowers . He that fancies ...
... poffeffion for the fake of our innocence . When a man finds himself led , though by a train of honeft fentiments , to wifh for that to which he has no right , he should start back as from a pitfal covered with flowers . He that fancies ...
الصفحة 84
... poffeffion of another ; and that therefore it is a violation of kindness to exempt any fecret from this boundless confidence . Accordingly a late female minifter of state has been thamclefs enough to inform the world , that fhe ufed ...
... poffeffion of another ; and that therefore it is a violation of kindness to exempt any fecret from this boundless confidence . Accordingly a late female minifter of state has been thamclefs enough to inform the world , that fhe ufed ...
الصفحة 105
... poffeffion of their minds , that no en- treaties of mine could change the topick , and I was obliged to ftifle , with claret , that praife which neither my modefty could hinder , nor my uneafinefs reprefs . The whole week was thus spent ...
... poffeffion of their minds , that no en- treaties of mine could change the topick , and I was obliged to ftifle , with claret , that praife which neither my modefty could hinder , nor my uneafinefs reprefs . The whole week was thus spent ...
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الصفحة 386 - If the Biographer writes from personal Knowledge, and makes haste to gratify the publick Curiosity, there is Danger lest his Interest, his Fear, his Gratitude, or his Tenderness, overpower his Fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an Act of Piety to hide the Faults or Failings of their Friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their Detection; we therefore see whole Ranks of Characters adorned with uniform Panegyrick, and not to be known from one...
الصفحة 386 - If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition.
الصفحة 416 - Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not...
الصفحة 21 - Why this wild strain of imagination found reception so long in polite and learned ages, it is not easy to conceive, but we cannot wonder that while readers could be procured, the authors were willing to continue it...
الصفحة 94 - A transition from an author's book to his conversation, is too often like an entrance into a large city, after a distant prospect. Remotely, we see nothing but spires of temples and turrets of palaces, and imagine it the residence of...
الصفحة 284 - The most engaging charms of youth and beauty appeared in all her form ; effulgent glories sparkled in her eyes, and their awful splendours were softened by the gentlest looks of compassion and peace.
الصفحة 381 - Our passions are therefore more strongly moved, in proportion as we can more readily adopt the pains or pleasure proposed to our minds, by recognising them as once our own, or considering them as naturally incident to our state of life.
الصفحة 21 - The task of our present writers is very different; it requires, together with that learning which is to be gained from books, that experience which can never be attained by solitary diligence, but must arise from general converse, and accurate observation of the living world.
الصفحة 14 - The task of an author is, either to teach what is not known, or to recommend known truths, by his manner of adorning them; either to let new light in upon the mind, and open new scenes to the prospect, or to vary the dress and situation of common objects, so as to give them fresh grace and more powerful attractions...