The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: Containing essays, tracts, and JourneyJ. Haddon, 1820 |
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... wish was to have passed undetected ; but since it has been my for- tune to fail in my original design , to have the sup- posititious passages which I have inserted in my quotations made known to the world , and the shade which began to ...
... wish was to have passed undetected ; but since it has been my for- tune to fail in my original design , to have the sup- posititious passages which I have inserted in my quotations made known to the world , and the shade which began to ...
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... wish that he would solve this ques- tion , Why he that has nothing to write should de- sire to be a writer ? Yet is not this letter without some sentiments which , though not new , are of great importance , and may be read with pleasure ...
... wish that he would solve this ques- tion , Why he that has nothing to write should de- sire to be a writer ? Yet is not this letter without some sentiments which , though not new , are of great importance , and may be read with pleasure ...
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... wish that I shall find nothing to blame in the succeeding part . He of- fers a criterion of action , on account of virtue and vice , for which I have often contended , and which must be embraced by all who are willing to know 48 REVIEW OF ...
... wish that I shall find nothing to blame in the succeeding part . He of- fers a criterion of action , on account of virtue and vice , for which I have often contended , and which must be embraced by all who are willing to know 48 REVIEW OF ...
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... and apprehensions , and something very alarming , and that he is sure it is against the government ; the other is convinced that it must be right , and wishes he had been there , for he loves wine and 88 THE FALSE ALARM .
... and apprehensions , and something very alarming , and that he is sure it is against the government ; the other is convinced that it must be right , and wishes he had been there , for he loves wine and 88 THE FALSE ALARM .
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... wish to change their ground , they hear him with sullen silence , feel con- viction without repentance , and are confounded but not abashed ; they go forward to another door , and find a kinder reception from a man enraged against the ...
... wish to change their ground , they hear him with sullen silence , feel con- viction without repentance , and are confounded but not abashed ; they go forward to another door , and find a kinder reception from a man enraged against the ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
Americans ancient appearance authority Boethius Boswell called castle cattle chief claim clan colonies common commonly considered danger desire dignity distance dominion Dunvegan easily elegance endeavoured enemies England English enquire equal Erse Essay evil expected expence Falkland's Island favour Fort Augustus gentleman give greater ground happiness Hebrides highlands honour hope House of Commons human Inch Kenneth inhabitants Inverness king king of Spain labour lady laird land lately less liberty live Loch Macdonald Maclean Macleod ment miles minister mountains Mull nation nature necessary never once opinion Paradise Lost parliament patriot perhaps pleasure Port Egmont produce punishment Raasay reason rich rock Scotland second sight sedition seems sion Sir Allan Slanes Castle sometimes Spaniards stone subordination suffered supposed tacksman taisch tenants thing thought tion told travelled Ulva violence vote whole
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...