The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volum 12Nichols, 1816 |
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Pàgina 14
... supply , by diligence , the want of fortune . He therefore asked and obtained the consent of his guardians to prosecute his studies , so long as his patrimony would support him ; and , continuing his wonted industry , gained another ...
... supply , by diligence , the want of fortune . He therefore asked and obtained the consent of his guardians to prosecute his studies , so long as his patrimony would support him ; and , continuing his wonted industry , gained another ...
Pàgina 49
... supply of provisions . That in this engagement the victory belonged to the English is beyond dispute , since , without the loss of one ship , and with no more than forty men killed , they drove the enemy into their own ports , took the ...
... supply of provisions . That in this engagement the victory belonged to the English is beyond dispute , since , without the loss of one ship , and with no more than forty men killed , they drove the enemy into their own ports , took the ...
Pàgina 50
... supplies from those whose animosity hindered them from providing them , and who chose rather to see the trade of their country distressed , than the sea - officers exalted by a new acquisition of honour and influence . Van Trump ...
... supplies from those whose animosity hindered them from providing them , and who chose rather to see the trade of their country distressed , than the sea - officers exalted by a new acquisition of honour and influence . Van Trump ...
Pàgina 92
... supply of water , and other ne- cessaries , entreated that he might join with him in his attempt ; which Drake consenting to , admitted him to accompany him with twenty of his men , stipulating to allow them an equal share of whatever ...
... supply of water , and other ne- cessaries , entreated that he might join with him in his attempt ; which Drake consenting to , admitted him to accompany him with twenty of his men , stipulating to allow them an equal share of whatever ...
Pàgina 98
... supply for the appropri- ation of any part of it . Thus was Drake's character consistent with itself ; he was equally superior to ava- rice and fear , and through whatever danger he might go in quest of gold , he thought it not valuable ...
... supply for the appropri- ation of any part of it . Thus was Drake's character consistent with itself ; he was equally superior to ava- rice and fear , and through whatever danger he might go in quest of gold , he thought it not valuable ...
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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.