The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.Hastings, Etheridge and Bliss, 1811 |
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... ted to another performance , let him consider whether he is about to disburthen his mind , or employ his fin- gers ; and if I might venture to offer him a subject , I should wish that he would solve this question , Why 28 REVIEW OF A.
... ted to another performance , let him consider whether he is about to disburthen his mind , or employ his fin- gers ; and if I might venture to offer him a subject , I should wish that he would solve this question , Why 28 REVIEW OF A.
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... mind in- crease felicity : every madman is either arrogant and irascible , or gloomy and suspicious , or possessed by some passion or notion destructive to his quiet . He has always discontent in his look , and malignity in his bosom ...
... mind in- crease felicity : every madman is either arrogant and irascible , or gloomy and suspicious , or possessed by some passion or notion destructive to his quiet . He has always discontent in his look , and malignity in his bosom ...
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... mind his account is still less reasonable . " Whilst men are injured , they must be inflamed with anger ; and whilst they see cruelties , they must be melted with pity ; whilst they perceive danger , they must be sensible of fear ...
... mind his account is still less reasonable . " Whilst men are injured , they must be inflamed with anger ; and whilst they see cruelties , they must be melted with pity ; whilst they perceive danger , they must be sensible of fear ...
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... minds of some whose opinions it were inde cent to despise , and who by their integrity well de- serve to have their doubts appeased . Every diffuse and complicated question may be ex- amined by different methods , upon different ...
... minds of some whose opinions it were inde cent to despise , and who by their integrity well de- serve to have their doubts appeased . Every diffuse and complicated question may be ex- amined by different methods , upon different ...
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... mind with its various events , had partaken the hope with which it was begun , and the vexation suffered by its various miscarriages , and then thought nothing could be of greater benefit to the na- tion than that which might promote ...
... mind with its various events , had partaken the hope with which it was begun , and the vexation suffered by its various miscarriages , and then thought nothing could be of greater benefit to the na- tion than that which might promote ...
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Page 162 - 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 164 - British parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
Page 188 - 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 243 - These, however, are deficiencies in story, for which no man is now to be censured. It were enough, if what there is yet opportunity of examining were accurately inspected, and justly represented; but such is the laxity of Highland conversation, that the inquirer is kept in continual suspense, and by a kind of intellectual retrogradation, knows less as he hears more.
Page 132 - To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
Page 162 - That our ancestors, who first settled these colonies, were at the time of their emigration from the mother country, entitled to all the rights, liberties, and immunities of free and natural-born subjects, within the realm of England.
Page 260 - Raasay has little that can detain a traveller, except the laird and his family ; but their power wants no auxiliaries. Such a seat of hospitality, amidst the winds and waters, fills the imagination with a delightful contrariety of images. Without is the rough ocean and the rocky land, the beating billows and the howling storm : within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and the dance.
Page 121 - ... outrage, for rage of defamation and audacity of falsehood. The Supporters of the Bill of Rights feel no niceties of composition, nor dexterities of sophistry; their faculties are better proportioned to the bawl of Bellas, or barbarity of Beckford; but they are told that Junius is on their side, and they are therefore sure that Junius is infallible. Those who know not whither he would lead them, resolve to follow him; and those who cannot find his meaning, hope he means rebellion.
Page 192 - We found, that by the interposition of some invisible friend, lodgings had been provided for us at the house of one of the professors, whose easy civility quickly made us forget that we were strangers; and in the whole time of our stay we were gratified by every mode of kindness, and entertained with all the elegance of lettered hospitality.
Page 250 - 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.