The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Adventurer. Philological tractsJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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... known , that many things appear plaufi- ble in fpeculation , which can never be reduced to practice ; and that of the numberlefs projects that have flattered mankind with theoretical fpecioufnefs , few have ferved any other purpofe than ...
... known , that many things appear plaufi- ble in fpeculation , which can never be reduced to practice ; and that of the numberlefs projects that have flattered mankind with theoretical fpecioufnefs , few have ferved any other purpofe than ...
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... known ? This kind of falfehood is generally fuccefsful for a time , because it is practifed at first with timidity and caution : but the profperity of the liar is of fhart duration ; the reception of one story is always an in- citement ...
... known ? This kind of falfehood is generally fuccefsful for a time , because it is practifed at first with timidity and caution : but the profperity of the liar is of fhart duration ; the reception of one story is always an in- citement ...
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... known to refort fo familiarly to the houfes of the great , that every man looked on his preferment as certain , and believed that its value would compenfate for its flownefs : he , therefore , found no difficulty in obtaining credit for ...
... known to refort fo familiarly to the houfes of the great , that every man looked on his preferment as certain , and believed that its value would compenfate for its flownefs : he , therefore , found no difficulty in obtaining credit for ...
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... known from the vulgar by " their condefcenfion to poor inn - keepers , and the " allowance which they made for any defect in " their entertainment ; that for her part , while peo- ple were civil and meant well , it was never her ...
... known from the vulgar by " their condefcenfion to poor inn - keepers , and the " allowance which they made for any defect in " their entertainment ; that for her part , while peo- ple were civil and meant well , it was never her ...
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... known by others to poffefs it to the scholar himself it is nothing with refpect either to honour or advantage , for the world cannot reward those qualities which are concealed from it ; with respect to others it is nothing , because it ...
... known by others to poffefs it to the scholar himself it is nothing with refpect either to honour or advantage , for the world cannot reward those qualities which are concealed from it ; with respect to others it is nothing , because it ...
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Página 232 - Nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of general nature. Particular manners can be known to few, and therefore few only can judge how nearly they are copied. The irregular combinations of fanciful invention may delight awhile, by that novelty of which the common satiety of life sends us all in quest; but the pleasures of sudden wonder are soon exhausted, and the mind can only repose on the stability of truth.
Página 289 - I have indeed disappointed no opinion more than my own ; yet I have endeavoured to perform: my task with no slight solicitude.
Página 243 - He carries his persons indifferently through right and wrong, and at the close dismisses them without further care, and leaves their examples to operate by chance. This fault the barbarity of his age cannot extenuate, for it is always a writer's duty to make the world better, and justice is a virtue independent on time or place.
Página 263 - ... whether from all his successors more maxims of theoretical knowledge, or more rules of practical prudence, can be collected, than he alone has given to his country.
Página 285 - In restoring the author's works to their integrity, I have considered the punctuation as wholly in my power; for what could be their care of colons and commas, who corrupted words and sentences?
Página 232 - Shakespeare is above all writers, at least above all modern writers, the poet of Nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners and of life.
Página 245 - His declamations or set speeches are commonly cold and weak, for his power was the power of nature...
Página 251 - If there be any fallacy, it is not that we fancy the players, but that we fancy ourselves unhappy for a moment; but we rather lament the possibility, than suppose the presence of misery, as a mother weeps over her babe, when she remembers that death may take it from her. The delight of tragedy proceeds from our consciousness of fiction ; if we thought murders and treasons real, they would please no more.
Página 249 - There is no reason why a mind thus wandering in ecstasy should count the clock, or why an hour should not be a century in that calenture of the brains that can make the stage a field.
Página 246 - A quibble is the golden apple for which he will always turn aside from his career, or stoop from his elevation. A quibble, poor and barren as it is, gave him such delight that he was content to purchase it by the sacrifice of reason, propriety and truth. A quibble was to him the fatal Cleopatra for which he lost the world, and was content to lose it.