The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volum 12Nichols, 1816 |
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Pàgina 28
... seem generally to have affected not only a barbarous , but unintelligible phrase , and to have , like the Py- thagoreans of old , wrapt up their secrets in sym- bols and ænigmatical expressions , either because they believed that ...
... seem generally to have affected not only a barbarous , but unintelligible phrase , and to have , like the Py- thagoreans of old , wrapt up their secrets in sym- bols and ænigmatical expressions , either because they believed that ...
Pàgina 41
... seems to be no improper entertainment for our readers * . We shall therefore attempt a succinct narration of the life and actions of Admiral Blake , in which we have nothing farther in view than to do justice to his bravery and conduct ...
... seems to be no improper entertainment for our readers * . We shall therefore attempt a succinct narration of the life and actions of Admiral Blake , in which we have nothing farther in view than to do justice to his bravery and conduct ...
Pàgina 43
... seems by nature to have been designed . He was soon afterwards sent in pursuit of Prince Rupert , whom he shut up in the harbour of Kingsale and despair of relief , excited the Prince to make in Ireland for several months , till want of ...
... seems by nature to have been designed . He was soon afterwards sent in pursuit of Prince Rupert , whom he shut up in the harbour of Kingsale and despair of relief , excited the Prince to make in Ireland for several months , till want of ...
Pàgina 51
... There are sometimes observations and enquiries , which all historians seem to decline by agreement , of which this action may afford us an example : nothing appears at the first view more to demand our curiosity E 2 BLAKE . 51.
... There are sometimes observations and enquiries , which all historians seem to decline by agreement , of which this action may afford us an example : nothing appears at the first view more to demand our curiosity E 2 BLAKE . 51.
Pàgina 52
... seems indeed to be the most gentle censure that the truth of history will allow . We must then admit , amidst our eulogies and applauses , that the great , the wise , and the valiant Blake was once betrayed to an inconsiderate and ...
... seems indeed to be the most gentle censure that the truth of history will allow . We must then admit , amidst our eulogies and applauses , that the great , the wise , and the valiant Blake was once betrayed to an inconsiderate and ...
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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.