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... less be possible , with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope in which I once 50 THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF.
... less be possible , with less ; for I have been long wakened from that dream of hope in which I once 50 THE LIFE AND GENIUS OF.
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... less necessary than a sense of duty . Good affections are an ornament not only to an author , but to his writings . He who shows himself upon a cold scent for opportunities to bark and snarl throughout a vol- ume of six hundred pages ...
... less necessary than a sense of duty . Good affections are an ornament not only to an author , but to his writings . He who shows himself upon a cold scent for opportunities to bark and snarl throughout a vol- ume of six hundred pages ...
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... less wonder than gratitude . Bounty so liberally bestowed I should gladly receive if my condition made it necessary ; for to such a mind , who would not be proud to own his obligations ? But it has pleased God to restore me to so great ...
... less wonder than gratitude . Bounty so liberally bestowed I should gladly receive if my condition made it necessary ; for to such a mind , who would not be proud to own his obligations ? But it has pleased God to restore me to so great ...
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... less pleasing to the ear or less distinct in their signification , I fa- miliarized the terms of philosophy by applying them to popular ideas . " But he forgot the observation of Dryden : If too many foreign words are poured in upon us ...
... less pleasing to the ear or less distinct in their signification , I fa- miliarized the terms of philosophy by applying them to popular ideas . " But he forgot the observation of Dryden : If too many foreign words are poured in upon us ...
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... less neglect of the measures ne- cessary to be taken in the mean time . I have long known a person of this temper , who indulged his dream of happiness with less hurt to himself than such chimerical wishes commonly pro duce , and ...
... less neglect of the measures ne- cessary to be taken in the mean time . I have long known a person of this temper , who indulged his dream of happiness with less hurt to himself than such chimerical wishes commonly pro duce , and ...
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admired appears ardour Brocklesby calamities cause censure character Colley Cibber consider contempt conversation crimes danger death delight desire dread duty Earse effects elegance eminent endeavour equally essays evil excellence eyes fame favour fear folly fortune frequently friendship Garrick genius Gentleman's Magazine give happiness heart honour hope hour human imagination incited inclined indulge Johnson kind knowledge known labour Learning lence less lives long con Lord Lord Bute Lord Chesterfield Lucy Porter mankind melancholy ment mind misery moral nature ness never objects observed opinion ourselves pain passions perhaps pleased pleasure praise Rambler reason regard rest riches SAMUEL JOHNSON Satire of Juvenal says seems seldom Sir John Hawkins soon sophism sorrow Streatham suffer things thought tion Topham Beauclerk Trans truth vanity vice vigour virtue wish writer younger Pliny
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Página 35 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 242 - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful.
Página 28 - Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Página 69 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Página 242 - All joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever motions would be excited by the same good or evil happening to ourselves.
Página 259 - We then relax our vigour, and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance, but rely upon our own constancy, and venture to approach what we resolve never to touch.
Página 245 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
Página 183 - ... to our happiness. There is certainly no greater felicity, than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed ; to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow.
Página 272 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Página 100 - ... to obviate ; for such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labour and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other ; such are the changes that keep the mind in action ; we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated ; we desire something else, and begin a new pursuit.