Life of Johnson: Including Their Tour to the HebridesJ. Murray, 1860 - 874 pages |
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... once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but , from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never ...
... once , and I am sure not above twice . Johnson might have esteemed him for his decent religious demeanour , and his knowledge of books and literary history ; but , from the rigid formality of his manners , it is evident that they never ...
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... once form'd , all counsel comes too late , He flies to press , and hurries on his fate ; Swiftly he sees the imagin'd laurels spread , And feels the unfading wreath surround his head . Warn'd by another's fate , vain youth , be wise ...
... once form'd , all counsel comes too late , He flies to press , and hurries on his fate ; Swiftly he sees the imagin'd laurels spread , And feels the unfading wreath surround his head . Warn'd by another's fate , vain youth , be wise ...
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... once seen [ I suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , entitled De Veritate Religionis , ' & c . he began to think himself highly culpable for neglecting such means of information , and took himself severely to task for this ...
... once seen [ I suppose at five years old ] in his father's shop , entitled De Veritate Religionis , ' & c . he began to think himself highly culpable for neglecting such means of information , and took himself severely to task for this ...
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... once.2 In a man whom religious education has se- cured from licentious indulgences , the passion of love , when once it has seized him , is ex- ceedingly strong ; being unimpaired by dissi- pation , and totally concentrated in one ...
... once.2 In a man whom religious education has se- cured from licentious indulgences , the passion of love , when once it has seized him , is ex- ceedingly strong ; being unimpaired by dissi- pation , and totally concentrated in one ...
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... once harbours in the breast , Those holy beings , whose unseen direction Guides through the maze of life the steps of man , Fly the detested mansions of impiety , And quit their charge to horror and to ruin . ” A small part only of this ...
... once harbours in the breast , Those holy beings , whose unseen direction Guides through the maze of life the steps of man , Fly the detested mansions of impiety , And quit their charge to horror and to ruin . ” A small part only of this ...
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Page 80 - I had exhausted all the art of pleasing which a retired and uncourtly scholar can possess. I had done all that I could, and no man is well pleased to have his all neglected, be it ever so little.
Page 80 - Is not a patron, my Lord, one who looks with unconcern on a man struggling for life in the water, and when he has reached ground encumbers him with help...
Page 354 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Page 80 - The notice which you have been pleased to take of my labours, had it been early, had been kind; but it has been delayed till I am indifferent, and cannot enjoy it; till I am solitary, and cannot impart it; till I am known, and do not want it. I hope it is no very cynical asperity not to confess obligations where no benefit has been received, or to be unwilling that the public should consider me as owing that to a Patron which Providence has enabled me to do for myself.
Page 53 - Implore His aid, in His decisions rest, Secure whate'er He gives, He gives the best. Yet when the sense of sacred presence fires, And strong devotion to the skies aspires, Pour forth thy fervours for a healthful mind, Obedient passions, and a will resign'd...
Page 142 - Madam, I am now become a convert to your way of thinking. I am convinced that all mankind are upon an equal footing; and to give you an unquestionable proof, Madam, that I am in earnest, here is a very sensible, civil, well-behaved fellowcitizen, your footman; I desire that he may be allowed to sit down and dine with us.
Page 180 - True, (answered the Earl, with a smile,) but he would have been a dancing bear." To obviate all the reflections which have gone round the world to Johnson's prejudice, by applying to him the epithet of a bear, let me impress upon my readers a just and happy saying of my friend Goldsmith, who knew him well : " Johnson, to be sure, has a roughness in his manner : but no man alive has a more tender heart. He has nothing of the bear but his skin.
Page 195 - Nature's signal for retreat," from this state of being to " a happier seat," his thoughts upon this awful change were in general full of dismal apprehensions. His mind resembled the vast amphitheatre, the Coliseum at Rome. In the centre stood his judgment, which, like a mighty gladiator, combated those apprehensions that, like the wild beasts of the Arena, were all around in cells, ready to be let out upon him. After a conflict, he drives them back into their dens ; but not killing them, they were...
Page 159 - Our own felicity we make or find : With secret course, which no loud storms annoy, Glides the smooth current of domestic joy. The lifted axe, the agonizing wheel, Luke's iron crown, and Damien's bed of steel, To men remote from power but rarely known, Leave reason, faith, and conscience, all our own.
Page 194 - Why, sir, it is a very harmless doctrine. They are of opinion that the generality of mankind are neither so obstinately wicked as to deserve everlasting punishment, nor so good as to merit being admitted into the society of blessed spirits ; and therefore that God is graciously pleased to allow of a middle state, where they may be purified by certain degrees of suffering. You see, sir, there is nothing unreasonable in this.