The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volum 12Nichols, 1816 |
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Pàgina 32
... hand of the phy- sician . About the middle of the year 1737 , he felt the first approaches of that fatal illness that brought him to the grave , of which we have inserted an ac- count , written by himself Sept. 8 , 1738 , to a friend at ...
... hand of the phy- sician . About the middle of the year 1737 , he felt the first approaches of that fatal illness that brought him to the grave , of which we have inserted an ac- count , written by himself Sept. 8 , 1738 , to a friend at ...
Pàgina 72
... hands , and the thought of leaving it untouched was too mortifving to be patiently borne . However , as there was little time for consult- ation , and the same danger attended their stay in that perplexity and confusion , as their ...
... hands , and the thought of leaving it untouched was too mortifving to be patiently borne . However , as there was little time for consult- ation , and the same danger attended their stay in that perplexity and confusion , as their ...
Pàgina 81
... hand , and which scarcely ever fail of being mortal . The second sort are about half as heavy as the other , and are gene- rally shot from their bows ; these are intended for smaller beasts . With the third sort , of which the heads are ...
... hand , and which scarcely ever fail of being mortal . The second sort are about half as heavy as the other , and are gene- rally shot from their bows ; these are intended for smaller beasts . With the third sort , of which the heads are ...
Pàgina 84
... hands to God , and implored his blessing upon the resolution , which he then formed , of sailing in an English ship on that sea . Then continuing their march , they came , after two days , into an open , level country , where their ...
... hands to God , and implored his blessing upon the resolution , which he then formed , of sailing in an English ship on that sea . Then continuing their march , they came , after two days , into an open , level country , where their ...
Pàgina 85
... hand , he petitioned not only that he would command the Symerons to spare his life , but that , when the treasure should fall into his hands , he would allow him as much as might maintain him and his mistress , since they were about to ...
... hand , he petitioned not only that he would command the Symerons to spare his life , but that , when the treasure should fall into his hands , he would allow him as much as might maintain him and his mistress , since they were about to ...
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Pàgina 229 - There are many things delivered rhetorically, many expressions therein merely tropical, and as they best illustrate my intention ; and therefore also there are many things to be taken in a soft and flexible sense, and not to be called unto the rigid test of reason.
Pàgina 229 - The reciprocal civility. of authors is one of the most risible scenes in the farce of life.
Pàgina 327 - I sat for my picture, and walked a considerable way with little inconvenience. In the afternoon and evening I felt myself light and easy, and began to plan schemes of life. Thus I went to bed, and in a short time waked and sat up, as has...
Pàgina 337 - ... available to the confirmation of my faith, the establishment of my hope, and the enlargement of my charity ; and make the death of thy Son JESUS CHRIST effectual to my redemption. Have mercy upon me, and pardon the multitude of my offences. Bless my friends ; have mercy upon all men. Support me, by thy Holy Spirit, in the days of weakness, and at the hour of death ; and receive me, at my death, to everlasting happiness, for the sake of JESUS CHRIST. Amen.
Pàgina 229 - ... and had lately declared, that 'the whole world was made for man, but only the twelfth part of man for woman;' and, that 'man is the whole world, but woman only the rib or crooked part of man.
Pàgina 55 - He was the first that infused that proportion of courage into the seamen, by making them see by experience, what mighty things they could do, if they were resolved ; and taught them to fight in fire as well as upon water : and though he hath been very well imitated and followed, he was the first that gave the example of that kind of naval courage », and bold and resolute achievements.
Pàgina 337 - Almighty and most merciful Father, I am now, as to human eyes it seems, about to commemorate, for the last time, the death of thy son Jesus Christ, our Saviour and Redeemer. Grant, O Lord, that my whole hope and confidence may be in his merits and in thy mercy: forgive and accept my late conversion; enforce and accept my imperfect repentance...
Pàgina 229 - It is the heaviest stone that melancholy can throw at a man, to tell him he is at the end of his nature ; or that there is no further state to come, unto which this seems progrcssional, and otherwise made in vain...
Pàgina 288 - The use of travelling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are.
Pàgina 327 - I was alarmed, and prayed God, that however he might afflict my body, he would spare my understanding. This prayer, that I might try the integrity of my faculties, I made in Latin verse. The lines were not very good, but I knew them not to be very good : I made them easily, and concluded myself to be unimpaired in my faculties.