The Works of Samuel Johnson: The RamblerW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 - English literature |
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... sufficiently enlightened , he may , by attend- ing the remarks which every paper will produce , rectify his opinions . If he should , with too little premeditation , en- cumber himself by an unwieldy subject , he can quit it without ...
... sufficiently enlightened , he may , by attend- ing the remarks which every paper will produce , rectify his opinions . If he should , with too little premeditation , en- cumber himself by an unwieldy subject , he can quit it without ...
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... sufficient reason ; as he will find it crowded with names of men , who , though now forgotten , were once no less ... sufficiently considered , that men more frequently require to be reminded than informed . The learned are afraid to ...
... sufficient reason ; as he will find it crowded with names of men , who , though now forgotten , were once no less ... sufficiently considered , that men more frequently require to be reminded than informed . The learned are afraid to ...
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... sufficiently irksome and hazardous ; that none would be found so malevolent as wantonly to add weight to the stone of Sisyphus ; and that few endeavours would be used to obstruct those advances to reputation , which must be made at such ...
... sufficiently irksome and hazardous ; that none would be found so malevolent as wantonly to add weight to the stone of Sisyphus ; and that few endeavours would be used to obstruct those advances to reputation , which must be made at such ...
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... sufficient vindication of a character , that it is drawn as it appears ; for many characters ought never to be drawn : nor of a narrative , that the train of events is agreeable to observation and experience ; for that observation which ...
... sufficient vindication of a character , that it is drawn as it appears ; for many characters ought never to be drawn : nor of a narrative , that the train of events is agreeable to observation and experience ; for that observation which ...
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... sufficiently discontented with some circum- stances of his present state , to suffer his imagination to range more or less in quest of future happiness , and to fix a This excellent paper was occasioned by the popularity of Roderick Ran ...
... sufficiently discontented with some circum- stances of his present state , to suffer his imagination to range more or less in quest of future happiness , and to fix a This excellent paper was occasioned by the popularity of Roderick Ran ...
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acquaintance amusements ance appearance beauty calamities censure common considered contempt curiosity danger delight desire easily effects eminent endeavour envy Epictetus equally errour evil excellence expect eyes favour fear felicity flatter folly fortune frequently gain genius give gratify happen happiness heart honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination incited inclined indulge inquiries Jovianus Pontanus Jupiter kind knowledge labour ladies learning Lemnia lence less lives look mankind marriage Melanthia ment mind miscarriages misery moral nature neglect neral ness never numbers observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain passed passions Penthesilea perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure portunity praise precepts Prudentius publick racter Rambler reason regard reproach reputation rest riches riety SATURDAY seldom sometimes soon sophism stockjobber suffer tenderness thing thought thousand tion truth TUESDAY vanity Virgil virtue wealth wish write
Popular passages
Page 431 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
Page 437 - At once on the eastern cliff of Paradise He lights, and to his proper shape returns A seraph wing'd : six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine : the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipp'd in heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctured grain.
Page 373 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 305 - ... 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. He advanced towards the light, and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected for himself, on which Obidah fed with eagerness and gratitude. When the repast was over, " Tell me," said the hermit, " by what chance thou hast been brought hither...
Page ix - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful. For not only every man has, in the mighty mass of the world, great numbers in the same condition with himself, to whom his mistakes and miscarriages, escapes and expedients, would be of immediate and apparent use ; but there is such an uniformity in the state of man, considered apart from adventitious and separable decorations and disguises, that there is scarce any possibility...
Page 15 - THB works of fiction, with which the present generation 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 mankind.
Page 407 - To heaven removed where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream...
Page 436 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Page 285 - There are indeed, some natural reasons why these narratives are often written by such as were not likely to give much instruction or delight, and why most accounts of particular persons are barren and useless. If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end.
Page 200 - 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...