The Beauties of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous: to which are Now Added Biographical Anecdotes of the Doctor, Selected from the Works of Mrs. Piozzi;--his Life, Recently Published by Mr. Boswell, and Other Authentic Testimonies; Also His Will, and the Sermon He Wrote for the Late Doctor DoddJ. Kay, 1828 - 292 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 18
Page ix
... Error Essay Writing Esteem Estimation 172 H. 173 Habits 194 176 Happiness 192 174 Happiness , Domestic 193 ibid . Health 195 Evil Example Excellence Exercise 171 History 196 168 Honour 197 172 Hope 194 176 Humanity 195 Expectation 175 ...
... Error Essay Writing Esteem Estimation 172 H. 173 Habits 194 176 Happiness 192 174 Happiness , Domestic 193 ibid . Health 195 Evil Example Excellence Exercise 171 History 196 168 Honour 197 172 Hope 194 176 Humanity 195 Expectation 175 ...
Page 85
... error permanent and pernicious by deliberately writing it ; and in all his numerous works he earnestly inculcated what ap- peared to him to be the truth . His piety was con- stant , and was the ruling principle of all his conduct . DR ...
... error permanent and pernicious by deliberately writing it ; and in all his numerous works he earnestly inculcated what ap- peared to him to be the truth . His piety was con- stant , and was the ruling principle of all his conduct . DR ...
Page 98
... error , not only does an injury to those who dispense the laws , but dimin- ishes the public confidence in the laws themselves , and shakes the foundation of public tranquillity . For my own part , I confess , with the deepest com ...
... error , not only does an injury to those who dispense the laws , but dimin- ishes the public confidence in the laws themselves , and shakes the foundation of public tranquillity . For my own part , I confess , with the deepest com ...
Page 106
... errors are single and local , but tediousness pervades the whole ; other faults are censured and forgotten , but the power of tediousness the first hour propagates itself . He that is weary is more weary the second , as bodies formed ...
... errors are single and local , but tediousness pervades the whole ; other faults are censured and forgotten , but the power of tediousness the first hour propagates itself . He that is weary is more weary the second , as bodies formed ...
Page 125
... error and folly , not because the true principles of action are not known , but because , for a time , they are not remembered : he may , therefore , justly be numbered among the bene- factors of mankind , who contracts the great rules ...
... error and folly , not because the true principles of action are not known , but because , for a time , they are not remembered : he may , therefore , justly be numbered among the bene- factors of mankind , who contracts the great rules ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
acquaintance Beauclerk beauty Brocklesby calamity censure character common consider contempt conversation Cowley crime danger David Mallet death delight desire Dictionary diligence Doctor Dryden duty endeavour enemy equal error evil excellence eyes Falkland Islands fancy faults favour fear folly fortune frequently friendship Garrick give guilt happiness honour hope human Ibid Idler imagination Johnson kind King of Prussia knowledge labour laws less lived Lord Lord Mansfield mankind manners Milton mind miscarriage misery nation nature never Notes upon Shakspeare observed once opinion ourselves pain panegyric passions perhaps pleased pleasure poet polished language Pope praise Preface to Shakspeare Prince of Abyssinia produce prudence Rambler reason received repentance replied Roger Ascham SAMUEL JOHNSON says seldom Sir Joshua Reynolds sometimes Streatham suffer superiority thing thought Thrale tion told truth vanity virtue Waller Western Islands wish writer