The Beauties of Johnson: Consisting of Maxims and Observations, Moral, Critical, and Miscellaneous, Accurately Extracted from the Works of Dr. Samuel Johnson, and Arranged in Alphabetical Order, After the Manner of the Duke de la Roche-Foucault's Maxims, المجلد 1G. Kearsly, 1782 - 209 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة viii
... Happiness Domestic Happiness ib . 82 83 ib . Delay 52 Humanity Duty ib . Health 85 ib . Diligence 53 History ib . E. Good - Humour Gaiety 86 87 Envy 53 Example 54 J. Emulation 55 Jealoufy 88 Education 56 Judgement 89 Employment 58 ...
... Happiness Domestic Happiness ib . 82 83 ib . Delay 52 Humanity Duty ib . Health 85 ib . Diligence 53 History ib . E. Good - Humour Gaiety 86 87 Envy 53 Example 54 J. Emulation 55 Jealoufy 88 Education 56 Judgement 89 Employment 58 ...
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... happiness . In youth we have warm hopes , which are foon- blafted by rafhnefs and negligence , and great designs , which are defeated by inexperience . In age we have knowledge and prudence , without fpirit to exert , or motives to ...
... happiness . In youth we have warm hopes , which are foon- blafted by rafhnefs and negligence , and great designs , which are defeated by inexperience . In age we have knowledge and prudence , without fpirit to exert , or motives to ...
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... happiness of fociety is , in fome degree , diminished by every man whofe practice is at variance with his words . Life of Sir T. Browne , p . 257 . He that teaches us any thing which we knew not before , is undoubtedly to be re ...
... happiness of fociety is , in fome degree , diminished by every man whofe practice is at variance with his words . Life of Sir T. Browne , p . 257 . He that teaches us any thing which we knew not before , is undoubtedly to be re ...
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... who blufters only to be praised - to the com- plainer , who whines only to be pitied - to the projector , whofe happiness is to enter- tertain his friends with expectations , which all but himself know to be vain - to the D3 all ( 29 )
... who blufters only to be praised - to the com- plainer , who whines only to be pitied - to the projector , whofe happiness is to enter- tertain his friends with expectations , which all but himself know to be vain - to the D3 all ( 29 )
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... happiness by changing any thing but his own difpofition , will wafte his life in fruitless efforts , and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove . Rambler , v . 1 , p . 35 . CONSOLATION . No one ought to remind another of misfor ...
... happiness by changing any thing but his own difpofition , will wafte his life in fruitless efforts , and multiply the griefs which he purposes to remove . Rambler , v . 1 , p . 35 . CONSOLATION . No one ought to remind another of misfor ...
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againſt almoſt becauſe beſt cafe caufe cauſe cloſe confcience confequence confider defire Ditto eaſe eaſily evil fafely faid my uncle faid the Corporal fame fecure feems feldom fenfe ferve feven Fever fhall fhew fhould fide fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foon forrow foul fpirits ftand fubject fuch fuffer fuperiority fure fword greateſt hand happineſs heart himſelf honeft houſe Idler intereft itſelf juft juſt labour laft laſt leaſt lefs loft look mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never numbers obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pleafe pleaſe your honour pleaſure poor praiſe prefent Prince of Abyffinia purpoſe quoth my uncle raiſe Rambler reafon rife SERMON ſhall SHANDY ſhe ſpeak ſtand ſtate ſtory thee themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion Trim truft uncle Toby uncle Toby's underſtanding uſe virtue whilft whofe worfe
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الصفحة 137 - ... there. He had one of these little sticks in his hand, and with a rusty nail he was etching another day of misery to add to the heap. As I darkened the little light he had, he lifted up a hopeless eye towards the door, then cast it down, shook his head, and went on with his work of affliction. I heard his chains upon his legs as he turned his body to lay his little stick upon the bundle. He gave a deep sigh : I saw the iron enter into his soul. I burst into tears — I could not sustain the picture...
الصفحة 56 - But the truth is that the knowledge of external nature, and the sciences which that knowledge requires or includes, are not the great or the frequent business of the human mind. Whether we provide for action or conversation, whether we wish to be useful or pleasing, the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong ; the next is an acquaintance with the history of mankind, and with those examples which may be said to embody truth and prove by events the reasonableness of...
الصفحة 2 - I, prays as often (of his own accord) as a parson ; and when he is fighting for his king, and for his own life, and for his honour too, he has the most reason to pray to God of any one in the whole world. 'Twas well said of thee, Trim, said my uncle Toby. But when a soldier, said I, an...
الصفحة 8 - The Accusing Spirit, which flew up to Heaven's chancery with the oath, blushed as he gave it in ; and the Recording Angel, as he wrote it down, dropped a tear upon the word, and blotted it out for ever.
الصفحة 37 - And hardly do we guess aright at things that are upon earth, And with labour do we find the things that are before us...
الصفحة 150 - To be of no church is dangerous. Religion, of which the rewards are distant and which is animated only by Faith and Hope, will glide by degrees out of the mind unless it be invigorated and reimpressed by external ordinances, by stated calls to worship, and the salutary influence of example.
الصفحة 29 - ... who asks advice which he never takes; to the boaster, who blusters only to be praised; to the complainer, who whines only to be pitied; to the projector, whose happiness is to entertain his friends with expectations which all but himself know to be vain; to the...
الصفحة 4 - When I went up, continued the corporal, into the lieutenant's room, which I did not do till the expiration of the ten minutes, he was lying in his bed, with his head raised upon his hand, with his elbow upon the pillow, and a clean white cambric handkerchief beside it.
الصفحة 2 - I thought, said the curate, that you gentlemen of the army, Mr. Trim, never said your prayers at all. I heard the poor gentleman say his prayers last night, said the landlady, very devoutly, and with my own ears, or I could not have believed it. Are you sure of it? replied the curate. A soldier, an...
الصفحة xv - I despaired at first, said the Corporal, of being able to bring back any intelligence to your Honour about the Lieutenant and his son ; — for when I asked where his servant was, from whom I made myself sure of knowing every thing which was proper to be asked, (That's a right distinction, Trim, said my uncle Toby) I was answered, an...