The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: Containing essays, tracts, and JourneyJ. Haddon, 1820 |
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... for want of charity it may be surely allowed to hope , that the living remains of Milton will be no longer suffered to languish in distress . It is yet in the power of a : great people , to reward the poet whose name they POSTSCRIPT . 5.
... for want of charity it may be surely allowed to hope , that the living remains of Milton will be no longer suffered to languish in distress . It is yet in the power of a : great people , to reward the poet whose name they POSTSCRIPT . 5.
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... are legally given , which are given for a legal can- didate . It remains then to be discussed , whether a man expelled can be so disqualified by a vote of the house , as that he shall be no longer eligible THE FALSE ALARM . 73.
... are legally given , which are given for a legal can- didate . It remains then to be discussed , whether a man expelled can be so disqualified by a vote of the house , as that he shall be no longer eligible THE FALSE ALARM . 73.
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... remains but hatred of establish- ments , and who are angry to find separation now only tolerated , which was once rewarded ; but every honest man must lament , that it has been regarded with frigid neutrality by the tories , who , being ...
... remains but hatred of establish- ments , and who are angry to find separation now only tolerated , which was once rewarded ; but every honest man must lament , that it has been regarded with frigid neutrality by the tories , who , being ...
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... remains of liberty in your island . " All this is very dreadful ; but amidst the terror that shakes my frame , I cannot forbear to wish that some sluice were opened for these streams of trea- sure . I should gladly see America return ...
... remains of liberty in your island . " All this is very dreadful ; but amidst the terror that shakes my frame , I cannot forbear to wish that some sluice were opened for these streams of trea- sure . I should gladly see America return ...
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... remains of liberty . Of those who now conduct the national affairs , we may , without much arrogance , presume to know more than themselves , and of those who shall succeed them , whether minister or king , not to know less . The other ...
... remains of liberty . Of those who now conduct the national affairs , we may , without much arrogance , presume to know more than themselves , and of those who shall succeed them , whether minister or king , not to know less . The other ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
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Passagens conhecidas
Página 391 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Página 174 - That they are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent.
Página 48 - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
Página 249 - An eye accustomed to flowery pastures and waving harvests is astonished and repelled by this wide extent of hopeless sterility. The appearance is that of matter incapable of form or usefulness, dismissed by nature from her care, and disinherited of her favours, left in its original elemental state, or quickened only with -one sullen power of useless vegetation.
Página 285 - We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald, and his lady Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and, if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour.
Página 177 - British parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
Página 176 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Página 271 - If an epicure could remove by a wish, in quest of sensual gratifications, wherever he had supped he would breakfast in Scotland.
Página 219 - His history is written with elegance and vigour, but his fabulousness and credulity are justly blamed. His fabulousness. if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excused in an age when all men were credulous.
Página 177 - ... we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the British parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members...