The Works of Samuel Johnson: The Adventurer and IdlerW. Pickering, London; and Talboys and Wheeler, Oxford, 1825 |
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... rich as well as illustrious , he replenished his pockets by another mortgage , became on a sudden a daring bettor , and re- solving not to trust a jockey with his fortune , rode his horse himself , distanced two of his competitors the ...
... rich as well as illustrious , he replenished his pockets by another mortgage , became on a sudden a daring bettor , and re- solving not to trust a jockey with his fortune , rode his horse himself , distanced two of his competitors the ...
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... rich , considered that literature could not be had without expense ; masters would not teach for nothing ; and when a book was bought and read , it would sell for little . Jack was , therefore , taught to read and write by the butler ...
... rich , considered that literature could not be had without expense ; masters would not teach for nothing ; and when a book was bought and read , it would sell for little . Jack was , therefore , taught to read and write by the butler ...
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... rich . It were happy if the prisons of the kingdom were filled only with charac- ters like these , men whom prosperity could not make use- ful , and whom ruin cannot make wise : but there are among us many who raise different sensations ...
... rich . It were happy if the prisons of the kingdom were filled only with charac- ters like these , men whom prosperity could not make use- ful , and whom ruin cannot make wise : but there are among us many who raise different sensations ...
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... rich factor courts her charms , Who calls the wanton to his arms , And , prodigal of wealth and fame , Profusely buys the costly shame . FRANCIS . He has little knowledge of Horace who imagines that the factor , or the Spanish merchant ...
... rich factor courts her charms , Who calls the wanton to his arms , And , prodigal of wealth and fame , Profusely buys the costly shame . FRANCIS . He has little knowledge of Horace who imagines that the factor , or the Spanish merchant ...
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... rich , may lie stretched upon a couch , and see all the treasures of all the elements poured down before him . This picture of a savage life if it shows how much in- dividuals may perform , shows likewise how much society is to be ...
... rich , may lie stretched upon a couch , and see all the treasures of all the elements poured down before him . This picture of a savage life if it shows how much in- dividuals may perform , shows likewise how much society is to be ...
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Página 83 - he that is rich is honoured, he that is poor may keep his poverty secret: are you married '. you have a cheerful house; are you single ? you i " Count o'er the joys thine hours have seen. " Count o'er thy days from anguish free, " And know, whatever thou hast been, " Tis something better not to be.
Página 54 - De Ar. Poet. 412. The youth, who hopes th' Olympic prize to gain. All arts must try, and every toil sustain. FRANCIs. IT is observed by Bacon, that " reading makes a full man, conversation a ready man, and writing an exact man." As Bacon attained to degrees of knowledge scarcely ever reached by any other man, the directions which
Página 95 - Sat. x. 347. Intrust thy fortune to the Pow'rs above : Leave them to manage for thee, and to grant What their unerring wisdom sees the want. In goodness as in greatness they excel: Ah! that we lov'd ourselves but half so well.
Página viii - vi. 126. The gates of hell are open night and day ; Smooth the descent, and easy is the way : But to return and view the cheerful skies ; In this the task and mighty labour lies.
Página 82 - xxxv. 28. In the graphic page of the Roman historian, as in the stanzas of the " Ariosto of the North :" " From shingles grey the lances start, " The bracken bush sends forth the dart,
Página 371 - strength or swiftness, we always determine concerning its beauty, before we exert our understanding to judge of its fitness. From what has been said, it may be inferred, that the works of nature, if we compare one species with another, are all equally beautiful; and that preference is given from custom, or
Página 358 - those limits ; and I think I have seen figures of him of which it was very difficult to determine whether they were in the highest degree sublime or extremely ridiculous. Such faults may be said to be the ebullitions of genius; but at least he had this merit,
Página 412 - mortals hope or imagine, which the master of this palace has not obtained ? The dishes of luxury cover his table, the voice of harmony lulls him in his bowers; he breathes the fragrance of the groves of Java, and sleeps upon the down of the cygnets of
Página 105 - nemo supremaque funera debet. OViD. Met. Lib. iii. 135. But no frail man, however great or high, Can be concluded blest before he die. ADDiSON. THE numerous miseries of human life have extorted in all ages an universal complaint. The wisest of men terminated all his experiments in search of happiness, by the mournful confession, that " all is vanity;
Página 250 - N°. 41. SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1759. THE following letter relates to an affliction perhaps not necessary to be imparted to the publick ; but I could not persuade myself to suppress it, because I think, I know the sentiments to be sincere, and I feel no disposition to provide for this day any other entertainment. At,