The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.J. Johnson, 1806 - English literature |
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... seems to be considered as an hereditary privi- lege , to be enjoyed only by those who claim it from their alliance to the genius of Homer . The rules which the injudicious use of this pre- rogative suggested to Horace , may indeed be ap ...
... seems to be considered as an hereditary privi- lege , to be enjoyed only by those who claim it from their alliance to the genius of Homer . The rules which the injudicious use of this pre- rogative suggested to Horace , may indeed be ap ...
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... seems to beat the distant plain ; Hills , vales , and floods appear already crost , And ere he starts , a thousand steps are lost . POPE . THAT the mind of man is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it , but is al- ways ...
... seems to beat the distant plain ; Hills , vales , and floods appear already crost , And ere he starts , a thousand steps are lost . POPE . THAT the mind of man is never satisfied with the objects immediately before it , but is al- ways ...
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... seems the unavoidable condition of a being whose motions are gradual , and whose life is progressive ; as his powers are limited , he must use means for the attainment of his ends , and intend first what he performs last ; as by ...
... seems the unavoidable condition of a being whose motions are gradual , and whose life is progressive ; as his powers are limited , he must use means for the attainment of his ends , and intend first what he performs last ; as by ...
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... seems more particularly delighted , are such as exhibit life in its true state , diversified only by accidents that daily happen in the world , and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with ...
... seems more particularly delighted , are such as exhibit life in its true state , diversified only by accidents that daily happen in the world , and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with ...
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... seem to have comprised an utter ex- clusion of all corporal pain and pleasure from the regard or attention of a wise man . Such sapientia insaniens , as Horace calls the doctrine of another sect , such extravagance of philo sophy , can ...
... seem to have comprised an utter ex- clusion of all corporal pain and pleasure from the regard or attention of a wise man . Such sapientia insaniens , as Horace calls the doctrine of another sect , such extravagance of philo sophy , can ...
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Page 260 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have...
Page 25 - I cannot discover why there should not be exhibited the most perfect idea of virtue ; of virtue not angelical, nor above probability, for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate, but the highest and purest that humanity can reach, which, exercised in such trials as the various revolutions of things shall bring upon it, may by conquering some calamities, and enduring others, teach us what we may hope, and what we can perform.
Page 49 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Page 22 - But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man, young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like part.
Page 23 - If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot see of what use it can be to read the account; or why it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind, as upon a mirror which shows all that presents itself without discrimination.
Page 23 - ... it, to initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of necessary defence, and to increase prudence without impairing virtue.
Page 98 - The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But, to return, and view the cheerful skies — In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Page 55 - Yet by some such fortuitous liquefaction was mankind taught to procure a body at once in a high degree solid and transparent, which might admit the light of the sun, and exclude the violence of the wind; which might extend the sight of the philosopher to new ranges of existence, and charm him at one time with the unbounded extent of the material creation, and at another with the endless subordination of animal life; and, what is yet of more importance, might supply the decays of nature, and succour...
Page 63 - It is surely not to be observed without indignation, that men may be found of minds mean enough to be satisfied with this treatment; wretches who are proud to obtain the privilege of madmen...
Page 277 - Infinite goodness is the source of created existence ; the proper tendency of every rational being, from the highest order of raptured seraphs, to the meanest rank of men, is to rise incessantly from lower degrees of happiness to higher. They have each faculties assigned them for various orders of delights.