The Essays of Samuel JohnsonW. Scott, Limited, 1888 - 346 pàgines |
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... US MOST OPPORTUNITIES OF GAINING OUR OWN ESTEEM 245 OUR PRESENT STATE ONE OF DANGER AND INFELICITY 256 ON THE DUTY OF SELF - EXAMINATION 261 THE HAPPINESS AND VEXATION OF AUTHORS 267 THE ESSAYS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SELECTED FROM THE RAMBLER ,
... US MOST OPPORTUNITIES OF GAINING OUR OWN ESTEEM 245 OUR PRESENT STATE ONE OF DANGER AND INFELICITY 256 ON THE DUTY OF SELF - EXAMINATION 261 THE HAPPINESS AND VEXATION OF AUTHORS 267 THE ESSAYS OF SAMUEL JOHNSON SELECTED FROM THE RAMBLER ,
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... US MOST OPPORTUNITIES OF GAINING OUR OWN ESTEEM 245 OUR PRESENT STATE ONE OF DANGER AND INFELICITY 256 ON THE DUTY OF SELF - EXAMINATION 261 THE HAPPINESS AND VEXATION OF AUTHORS 267 THE IDLER . PAGE THE IDLER'S CHARACTER . INVITATION TO.
... US MOST OPPORTUNITIES OF GAINING OUR OWN ESTEEM 245 OUR PRESENT STATE ONE OF DANGER AND INFELICITY 256 ON THE DUTY OF SELF - EXAMINATION 261 THE HAPPINESS AND VEXATION OF AUTHORS 267 THE IDLER . PAGE THE IDLER'S CHARACTER . INVITATION TO.
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... , and Johnson exercised a lordship in letters which has had no parallel in the present century , though it is possible to trace , even amid the widely changed conditions of modern life , at least a reflection of it in the INTRODUCTION .
... , and Johnson exercised a lordship in letters which has had no parallel in the present century , though it is possible to trace , even amid the widely changed conditions of modern life , at least a reflection of it in the INTRODUCTION .
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... present moment , and losing itself in schemes of future felicity ; and that we forget the proper use of the time now in our power , to provide for the enjoyment of that which , perhaps , may never be granted us , has been frequently ...
... present moment , and losing itself in schemes of future felicity ; and that we forget the proper use of the time now in our power , to provide for the enjoyment of that which , perhaps , may never be granted us , has been frequently ...
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... he is perpetually varying the horizon of his prospects , he must always dis- cover new motives of action , new excitements of fear , and allurements of desire . 7. The end therefore which at present calls forth our efforts THE RAMBLER . 3.
... he is perpetually varying the horizon of his prospects , he must always dis- cover new motives of action , new excitements of fear , and allurements of desire . 7. The end therefore which at present calls forth our efforts THE RAMBLER . 3.
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Pàgina xii - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it.
Pàgina xii - Is not a Patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water and, when he has reached ground, encumbers him with help...
Pàgina 152 - This modest stone, what few vain marbles can, May truly say, Here lies an honest man : A Poet, blest beyond the Poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life, and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's...
Pàgina 337 - Goldsmith said, that he thought he could write a good fable, mentioned the simplicity which that kind of composition, requires, and observed, that in most fables the animals introduced seldom talk in character.
Pàgina 73 - LL 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.
Pàgina 123 - ... should sink last; and with this promise every one was satisfied, though he laughed at the rest for seeming to believe it. Hope, indeed, apparently mocked the credulity of her companions ; for, in proportion as their vessels grew leaky, she redoubled her assurances of safety ; and none were more busy in making provisions for a long voyage, than they whom all but themselves saw likely to perish soon by irreparable decay. In the midst of the current of Life, was the gulph of Intemperance, a dreadful...
Pàgina 332 - When I was running about this town a very poor fellow, I was a great arguer for the advantages of poverty ; but I was, at the same time, very sorry to be poor.
Pàgina xx - Vitus's dance, his rolling walk, his blinking eye, the outward signs which too clearly marked his approbation of his dinner, his insatiable appetite for fish-sauce and...
Pàgina 99 - But, guilt has always its horrors and solicitudes; and to make it yet more shameful and detestable, it is doomed often to stand in awe of those, to whom nothing could give influence or weight, but their power of betraying.
Pàgina 337 - Why, Dr. Johnson, this is not so easy as you seem to think; for if you were to make little fishes talk, they would talk like WHALES.