The Life of Samuel Johnson: Comprehending an Account of His Studies and Numerous Works in Chronological Order; a Series of His Epistolary Correspondence and Conversations with Many Eminent Persons; and Various Original Pieces of His Composition Never Before Published ...T. Cadell, 1822 |
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... tion , though necessary ; and , secondly , to the timid concessions made to faction by successive administra- tions in the reign of his present Majesty . I am happy to think , that he lived to see the Crown at last recover its just ...
... tion , though necessary ; and , secondly , to the timid concessions made to faction by successive administra- tions in the reign of his present Majesty . I am happy to think , that he lived to see the Crown at last recover its just ...
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... tion , which is the broad and deep basis of Common Law . Would it not rather weaken the right of primo - geniture , or any other old and universally acknowledged right , should the legislature pass an act in favour of it . In my ...
... tion , which is the broad and deep basis of Common Law . Would it not rather weaken the right of primo - geniture , or any other old and universally acknowledged right , should the legislature pass an act in favour of it . In my ...
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... tion , as all men will naturally steal . And , Sir , it is very absurd to argue , as has been often done , that pro- stitutes are necessary to prevent the violent effects of appetite from violating the decent order of life ; nay ...
... tion , as all men will naturally steal . And , Sir , it is very absurd to argue , as has been often done , that pro- stitutes are necessary to prevent the violent effects of appetite from violating the decent order of life ; nay ...
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... tion of the above passage , as I should think myself very culpable not to subjoin . " This account is very inaccurate . The following state- ment of facts we know to be true , in every material circumstance : — Shiels was the principal ...
... tion of the above passage , as I should think myself very culpable not to subjoin . " This account is very inaccurate . The following state- ment of facts we know to be true , in every material circumstance : — Shiels was the principal ...
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... tion ; and that , therefore , the way to preserve life is to retard pulsation . But we know that pulsation is strongest in infants , and that we increase in growth while it operates in its regular course ; so it cannot be the cause of ...
... tion ; and that , therefore , the way to preserve life is to retard pulsation . But we know that pulsation is strongest in infants , and that we increase in growth while it operates in its regular course ; so it cannot be the cause of ...
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Página 180 - Why, Sir, you \ find no man, at all intellectual, who is willing to leave London. \ No, Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life ; for there is in London all that life can afford.
Página 304 - Sir, the life of a parson, of a conscientious clergyman, is not easy. I have always considered a clergyman as the father of a larger family than he is able to maintain. I would rather have Chancery suits upon my hands than the cure of souls. No, Sir, I do not envy a clergyman's life as an easy life, nor do I envy the clergyman who makes it an easy life.
Página 69 - You will allow his Apology to be well done." JOHNSON: "Very well done, to be sure, Sir. That book is a striking proof of the justice of Pope's remark: "Each might his several province well command, Would all but stoop to what they understand.
Página 221 - To clear this doubt, to know the world by sight, To find if books, or swains, report it right, (For yet by swains alone the world he knew, Whose feet came wandering o'er the nightly dew...
Página 412 - If you are idle, be not solitary; if you are solitary, be not idle.
Página 39 - Fielding's Amelia was the most pleasing heroine of all the romances, (he said,) but that vile broken nose never cured, ruined the sale of perhaps the only book, which being printed off [published] betimes one morning, a new edition was called for before night.
Página 356 - Are these thy views? proceed, illustrious youth, And virtue guard thee to the throne of Truth! Yet should thy soul indulge the...
Página 347 - He that is robb'd, not wanting what is stolen, Let him not know't, and he's not robb'd at all.
Página 256 - His nature is too noble for the world : He would not flatter Neptune for his trident, Or Jove for his power to thunder. His heart's his mouth : What his breast forges, that his tongue must vent ; And, being angry, does forget that ever He heard the name of death.
Página 30 - The Critical Reviewers, I believe, often review without reading the books through ; but lay hold of a topick, and write chiefly from their own minds. The Monthly Reviewers are duller men, and are glad to read the books through.