The Works of Samuel Johnson: With an Essay on His Life and GeniusL. Hansard, 1810 |
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... danger was only in opposing . The civility with which you have thought proper to treat me , when you had incontestable superiority , has inclined me to make your victory complete , without any further struggle , and not only publickly ...
... danger was only in opposing . The civility with which you have thought proper to treat me , when you had incontestable superiority , has inclined me to make your victory complete , without any further struggle , and not only publickly ...
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... there are not many states of life , in which all knowledge , less than the highest wisdom , will pro- duce discontent and danger . I believe it may be some sometimes found , that a little learning is to a 34 1 REVIEW OF A.
... there are not many states of life , in which all knowledge , less than the highest wisdom , will pro- duce discontent and danger . I believe it may be some sometimes found , that a little learning is to a 34 1 REVIEW OF A.
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... dangerous thing . But such is the condition of humanity , that we easily see , or quickly feel the wrong , but cannot always distinguish the right . Whatever knowledge is superfluous , in irremediable poverty , is hurtful , but the ...
... dangerous thing . But such is the condition of humanity , that we easily see , or quickly feel the wrong , but cannot always distinguish the right . Whatever knowledge is superfluous , in irremediable poverty , is hurtful , but the ...
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... danger , they must be sensible of fear . " This is to give a reason for all Evil , by showing that one Evil produces another . If there is danger there ought to be fear ; but if fear is an Evil , why should there be danger ? His ...
... danger , they must be sensible of fear . " This is to give a reason for all Evil , by showing that one Evil produces another . If there is danger there ought to be fear ; but if fear is an Evil , why should there be danger ? His ...
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... dangerous temptation of doing Evil that Good may come , Because it may easily happen , and in effect will happen very frequently , that our own private hap- piness may be promoted by an act injurious to others , when yet no man can be ...
... dangerous temptation of doing Evil that Good may come , Because it may easily happen , and in effect will happen very frequently , that our own private hap- piness may be promoted by an act injurious to others , when yet no man can be ...
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Page 391 - 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.
Page 177 - That the foundation of English liberty and of all free government, is, a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Page 251 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Page 174 - That they are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent.
Page 204 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
Page 47 - One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch a mortal proud of his parts, and flattered either by the submission of those who court his kindness, or the notice of those who suffer him to court theirs. A head thus prepared for the reception of false opinions, and the projection of vain designs, they easily fill with idle notions, till in time they make their plaything an author...
Page 176 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Page 2 - ... gradually rising, perhaps from small beginnings, till its foundation rests in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties, to the simplicity of its first plan, to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed, and from what stores the materials were collected, whether its founder dug them from the quarries of Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his...
Page 273 - There was perhaps never any change of national manners so quick, so great, and so general, as that which has operated in the Highlands, by the last conquest, and the subsequent laws. We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of antiquated life.
Page 142 - TO improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.