The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].W. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 |
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... thoughts employed awhile on the different appearance that it would have made , if it had been placed at the same distance from London , with the same facility of approach ; with what emulation of price a few rocky acres would have been ...
... thoughts employed awhile on the different appearance that it would have made , if it had been placed at the same distance from London , with the same facility of approach ; with what emulation of price a few rocky acres would have been ...
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... thoughts , and who , conversing only with each other , suffered no dilution of their zeal from the gradual influx of new opinions , was long transmitted , in its full strength , from the old to the young , but , by trade and intercourse ...
... thoughts , and who , conversing only with each other , suffered no dilution of their zeal from the gradual influx of new opinions , was long transmitted , in its full strength , from the old to the young , but , by trade and intercourse ...
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... thought so . " This , " said he , " is nothing to another a few miles off . " I was still less delighted to hear that another tree was not to be seen nearer . " Nay , " said a gentleman that stood by , " I know but of this and that tree ...
... thought so . " This , " said he , " is nothing to another a few miles off . " I was still less delighted to hear that another tree was not to be seen nearer . " Nay , " said a gentleman that stood by , " I know but of this and that tree ...
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... thought proper to desist . Men skilled in architecture might do what we did not attempt ; they might probably form an exact ground - plot of this vene- rable edifice . They may , from some parts yet standing , conjecture its general ...
... thought proper to desist . Men skilled in architecture might do what we did not attempt ; they might probably form an exact ground - plot of this vene- rable edifice . They may , from some parts yet standing , conjecture its general ...
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... thoughts recalled to their old amusements . We had now a prelude to the Highlands . We began to leave fertility and culture behind us , and saw for a great length of road nothing but heath ; yet at Fochabars , a seat belonging to the ...
... thoughts recalled to their old amusements . We had now a prelude to the Highlands . We began to leave fertility and culture behind us , and saw for a great length of road nothing but heath ; yet at Fochabars , a seat belonging to the ...
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Página 119 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Página 461 - My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: And let all flesh bless his holy name for ever and ever.
Página 435 - But this I say, He which soweth sparingly shall reap also sparingly; and he which soweth bountifully shall reap also bountifully. Every man according as he purposeth in his heart, so let him give ; not grudgingly, or of necessity : for God loveth a cheerful giver.
Página 323 - Riches profit not in the day of wrath : but righteousness delivereth from death.
Página 173 - Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
Página 196 - A kind of strange oblivion has overspread me, so that I know not what has become of the last year ; and perceive that incidents and intelligence pass over me, without leaving any impression.
Página 233 - ALMIGHTY God, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men ; Grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise ; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found ; through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Página 1 - I had desired to visit the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland, so long that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited; and was in the autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey by finding in Mr Boswell a companion whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteract the inconveniences of travel in countries less hospitable than we have passed.
Página 277 - Even from the days of your fathers ye are gone away from mine ordinances, and have not kept them. Return unto me, and I will return unto you, saith the Lord of hosts.
Página 460 - The eyes of all wait upon thee ; And thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, And satisfiest the desire of every living thing.