The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Volumen1A. V. Blake, 1846 |
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... OVID EVERY man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine , that he possesses some qualities supe- rior , either in kind or in degree , to those which he sees allotted to the rest of the world ; and , whatever apparent disadvantages ...
... OVID EVERY man is prompted by the love of himself to imagine , that he possesses some qualities supe- rior , either in kind or in degree , to those which he sees allotted to the rest of the world ; and , whatever apparent disadvantages ...
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... OVID . Corrupted manners I shall ne'er defend ; Nor , falsely witty , for my faults contend . ELPHINSTON . THOUGH the fallibility of man's reason , and the narrowness of his knowledge , are very liberally confessed , yet the conduct of ...
... OVID . Corrupted manners I shall ne'er defend ; Nor , falsely witty , for my faults contend . ELPHINSTON . THOUGH the fallibility of man's reason , and the narrowness of his knowledge , are very liberally confessed , yet the conduct of ...
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... OVID . In the early ages of the world , as is well known to those who are versed in ancient traditions , when innocence was yet untainted , and simpli- city unadulterated , mankind was happy in the enjoyment of continual pleasure , and ...
... OVID . In the early ages of the world , as is well known to those who are versed in ancient traditions , when innocence was yet untainted , and simpli- city unadulterated , mankind was happy in the enjoyment of continual pleasure , and ...
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... OVID . ELPHINSTON . SIR , As you have hitherto delayed the performance of the promise , by which you gave us reason to hope for another paper upon matrimony , I ima- gine you desirous of collecting more materials than your own ...
... OVID . ELPHINSTON . SIR , As you have hitherto delayed the performance of the promise , by which you gave us reason to hope for another paper upon matrimony , I ima- gine you desirous of collecting more materials than your own ...
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... OVID . F. LEWIS . It is observed by those who have written on the constitution of the human body , and the original of those diseases by which it is afflicted , that eve- ry man comes into the world morbid , that there is no temperature ...
... OVID . F. LEWIS . It is observed by those who have written on the constitution of the human body , and the original of those diseases by which it is afflicted , that eve- ry man comes into the world morbid , that there is no temperature ...
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Página xv - is recommended to the public, were written by your lordship. To be so distinguished, is an honour, which, being very little accustomed to favours from the great, I know not well how to receive, or in what terms to acknowledge.
Página xv - Seven years, my lord, have now passed since I waited in your outward rooms, or was repulsed from your door; during which time I have been pushing on my work through difficulties, of which it is useless to complain, and have brought it at last to the verge of publication, without one act of assistance, one word of encouragement, or one smile of favour. Such treatment I did not expect, for I never had a patron before.
Página 215 - So much I feel my genial spirits droop, My hopes all flat, nature within me seems In all her functions weary of herself ; My race of glory run, and race of shame, And I shall shortly be with them that rest.
Página xxiii - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot ; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Página iv - He appears by bis modest and unaffected narration to have described things as he saw them, to have copied nature from the life, and to have consulted his senses, not his imagination; he meets with no basilisks that destroy with their eyes, his crocodiles devour their prey without tears, and his cataracts fall from the rock without deafening the neighbouring inhabitants.
Página 103 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
Página 110 - Thus forlorn and distressed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither he was going, or whether he was every moment drawing nearer to safety, or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled ; and he was on the point of lying down in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper.
Página xv - 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...
Página 110 - In a short time we remit our fervour, and endeavour to find some mitigation of our duty, and some more easy means of obtaining the same end. We then relax our vigour, and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance, but rely upon our own constancy, and venture to approach what we resolve never to touch.
Página 78 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance : it is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.