The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 11F. C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... virtue or mere conformity of sentiments , are quickly dissolved , since no individual has any thing either to hope or fear for himself , and public spirit is generally too weak to combat with private passions LICENSERS OF THE STAGE . 13.
... virtue or mere conformity of sentiments , are quickly dissolved , since no individual has any thing either to hope or fear for himself , and public spirit is generally too weak to combat with private passions LICENSERS OF THE STAGE . 13.
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... virtue , the tranquillity of an uncorrupted head , and the satisfactions of conscious innocence ; for though such strokes as these do not appear to a com- mon eye to threaten any danger to the government , yet it is well known to more ...
... virtue , the tranquillity of an uncorrupted head , and the satisfactions of conscious innocence ; for though such strokes as these do not appear to a com- mon eye to threaten any danger to the government , yet it is well known to more ...
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Samuel Johnson. This is not the only reason why virtue , should not receive too much countenance from a licensed stage ; her admirers and followers are not only naturally in- dependent , but learn such an uniform and consistent manner of ...
Samuel Johnson. This is not the only reason why virtue , should not receive too much countenance from a licensed stage ; her admirers and followers are not only naturally in- dependent , but learn such an uniform and consistent manner of ...
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... virtue ? To shew the blessings of the late change of our state † by any monument of these kinds , were a project worthy not only of wealth , and power , and greatness , but of learning , wisdom , and virtue . But nothing of this kind is ...
... virtue ? To shew the blessings of the late change of our state † by any monument of these kinds , were a project worthy not only of wealth , and power , and greatness , but of learning , wisdom , and virtue . But nothing of this kind is ...
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... virtue at least oblige us not to spread it before the eyes of mankind . To end this work in an useful manner , let us examine in a few words the four particulars which are most striking in the eleven pieces of Aristophanes . Character ...
... virtue at least oblige us not to spread it before the eyes of mankind . To end this work in an useful manner , let us examine in a few words the four particulars which are most striking in the eleven pieces of Aristophanes . Character ...
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Æsop amusement ancient appear Aristophanes Athenians Athens beauty censure character comedy comick common confession considered Cratinus danger degree delight desire discovered easily elegance endeavoured enquiry equally Eupolis Euripides Evil eyes favour fear Floretta genius GENTLEMAN'S MAGAZINE give greater Greek comedy Habit happiness honour hope human imagination imitation inclined infinite judge justly kind knowledge labour learned less letters liberty likewise Lilinet lord mankind manner means Menander ment mind misery Moliere nation nature necessary ness never NUMB observed occasion once opinion Ovid pain pass passions perhaps phanes Plato Plautus pleasure Plutarch poet Pope Posidippus praise present produced publick queen racter reader reason religion ridicule says scarcely seems sentiments Socrates sometimes Sophocles suffer suppose taste Theocritus Thespis thing thought Tibullus tion tragedy tragick truth virtue Westminster Hall wish writer
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Página 475 - Fortunate senex! ergo tua rura manebunt, Et tibi magna satis; quamvis lapis omnia nudus, Limosoque palus obducat pascua junco: Non insueta graves tentabunt pabula foetas, Nee mala vicini pecoris contagia loedent.
Página 318 - This praise the general interest of mankind requires to be given to writers who please and do not corrupt, who instruct and do not weary. But to them all human eulogies are vain, whom I believe applauded by angels, and numbered with the juat.
Página 516 - ... a generation of Amazons of the pen, who with the spirit of their predecessors have set masculine tyranny at defiance, asserted their claim to the regions of science, and seem resolved to contest the usurpations of virility.
Página 372 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Página 416 - Horace becomes graceful and familiar ; and that such a compliment was at least possible, we know from the transformation feigned by Horace of himself. The most elegant compliment that was paid to Addison, is of this obscure and perishable kind ; When panting Virtue her last efforts made, You brought your Clio to the virgin's aid.
Página 242 - Johnson candidly describes himself as " a hardened and shameless tea-drinker, who has for many years diluted his meals with only the infusion of this fascinating plant ; whose kettle has scarcely time to cool ; who with tea amuses the evening, with tea solaces the midnights, and with tea welcomes the morning.
Página 274 - Abelard; while the facts and characters alluded to in his late writings will be forgotten and unknown, and their poignancy and propriety little relished ; for wit and satire are transitory and perishable, but nature and passion are eternal.
Página 270 - Nothing but experience could evince the frequency of false information, or enable any man to conceive that so many groundless reports should be propagated, as every man of eminence may hear of himself. Some men relate what they think, as what they know ; some men of confused memories and habitual inaccuracy, ascribe [ 34 ] to one man what belongs to another; and some talk on, without thought or care.
Página 498 - Two men examining the same question proceed commonly like the physician and gardener in. selecting herbs, or the farmer and hero looking on the plain ; they bring minds impressed with different notions, and direct their inquiries to different ends ; they form, therefore, contrary conclusions, and each wonders at the other's absurdity. We have less reason to be surprised or offended when we find others differ from us in opinion, because we very often differ from ourselves.
Página 450 - Paris in his twenty-first year, and affixed on the gate of the college of Navarre a kind of challenge to the learned of that...