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... character of the heroine of this novel . " His attention to veracity ( says Mrs. Piozzi , ) was without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character , ' On the contrary , ( said he , ) you may observe there is ...
... character of the heroine of this novel . " His attention to veracity ( says Mrs. Piozzi , ) was without equal or example ; and when I mentioned Clarissa as a perfect character , ' On the contrary , ( said he , ) you may observe there is ...
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... character of an infidel was more detestable than that of a man notoriously guilty of an atrocious crime . I differed from him , because we are surer of the odious- ness of the one , than of the errour of the other . JOHNSON . " Sir , I ...
... character of an infidel was more detestable than that of a man notoriously guilty of an atrocious crime . I differed from him , because we are surer of the odious- ness of the one , than of the errour of the other . JOHNSON . " Sir , I ...
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... character . " Of all this there is possibility , and of all this there is danger . But if possibility of evil be to exclude good , no good ever can be done . If nothing is to be attempted in which there is danger , we must all sink into ...
... character . " Of all this there is possibility , and of all this there is danger . But if possibility of evil be to exclude good , no good ever can be done . If nothing is to be attempted in which there is danger , we must all sink into ...
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... character to vindicate , upon which his pastoral authority must necessarily depend . To be charged with a defamatory lie is an injury which no man patiently endures in common life . To be charged with polluting the pastoral office with ...
... character to vindicate , upon which his pastoral authority must necessarily depend . To be charged with a defamatory lie is an injury which no man patiently endures in common life . To be charged with polluting the pastoral office with ...
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... character . " ROUND ROBIN , addressed to SAMUEL JOHNSON , L.L.D. et to with FACSIMILES of the Lignatures . We the Circumscribers . having read with great pleasure , an intended Gritaph for the Monument of Dr Goldsmiths which considered ...
... character . " ROUND ROBIN , addressed to SAMUEL JOHNSON , L.L.D. et to with FACSIMILES of the Lignatures . We the Circumscribers . having read with great pleasure , an intended Gritaph for the Monument of Dr Goldsmiths which considered ...
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Página 115 - Why, Sir, you find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Página 536 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff 'd bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Página 483 - tis all a cheat ; Yet, fooled with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse, and, while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possessed.
Página 359 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Página 251 - Poor stuff! No, sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port, for men : but he who aspires to be a hero (smiling) must drink brandy.
Página 366 - Why," said Johnson, smiling and rolling himself about, "that is because, dearest, you're a dunce." When she some time afterwards mentioned this to him, he said, with equal truth and politeness, " Madam, if I had thought so, I certainly should not have said it.
Página 200 - Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Página 529 - And while it shall please Thee to continue me in this world, where much is to be done, and little to be known...
Página 365 - ... only from a lucky hitting upon what is strange : sometimes from a crafty wresting obvious matter to the purpose: often it consisteth in one knows not what, and springeth up one can hardly tell how.