The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.G. Walker ... [and 9 others], 1820 |
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... pleasure of wantoning in common topics is so tempting to a writer , that he cannot easily resign it ; a train of ... pleasures , and , instead of enjoying the blessings of life , lets life glide away in preparations to enjoy them ; it ...
... pleasure of wantoning in common topics is so tempting to a writer , that he cannot easily resign it ; a train of ... pleasures , and , instead of enjoying the blessings of life , lets life glide away in preparations to enjoy them ; it ...
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... pleasure to pleasure , but from hope to hope . • He that directs his steps to a certain point , must frequently turn his eyes to that place which he strives to reach ; he that undergoes the fatigue of labour must solace his weariness ...
... pleasure to pleasure , but from hope to hope . • He that directs his steps to a certain point , must frequently turn his eyes to that place which he strives to reach ; he that undergoes the fatigue of labour must solace his weariness ...
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... pleasure in the contem- plation of this delightful season ; but I have the sa- tisfaction of finding many , whom it can be no shame to resemble , infected with the same enthusiasm ; for there is , I believe , scarce any poet of eminence ...
... pleasure in the contem- plation of this delightful season ; but I have the sa- tisfaction of finding many , whom it can be no shame to resemble , infected with the same enthusiasm ; for there is , I believe , scarce any poet of eminence ...
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... pleasure pouring out its notes on every side , with the glad- ness apparently conceived by every animal , from the growth of his food , and the clemency of the wea- ther , throw over the whole earth an air of gaiety , significantly ...
... pleasure pouring out its notes on every side , with the glad- ness apparently conceived by every animal , from the growth of his food , and the clemency of the wea- ther , throw over the whole earth an air of gaiety , significantly ...
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... pleasure or instruction , be- cause they never learned to read the characters . A French author has advanced this seeming pa- radox , that very few men know how to take a walk ; and , indeed , it is true , that few know how to take a ...
... pleasure or instruction , be- cause they never learned to read the characters . A French author has advanced this seeming pa- radox , that very few men know how to take a walk ; and , indeed , it is true , that few know how to take a ...
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Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
acquaintance amusements appearance beauty calamities censure Cleobulus common consider contempt conversation danger daugh delight desire easily ELPHINSTON endeavour envy Epictetus equally error evil expected expence eyes favour fear felicity folly fortune frequently gain genius give happen happiness heart honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination incited indulge inquiries Jovianus Pontanus Jupiter kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less lest live mankind marriage means Melanthia ment mind miscarriages misery nature neglect neral ness never objects observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain panegyric passed passions pastoral Penthesilea perhaps Periander pleased pleasure portunities praise precepts produced Prudentius quire racter RAMBLER reason regard reproach reputation rest riches Satiety SATURDAY seldom sentiments shew sometimes soon sophism sorrow stancy suffer ther thing thou thought Timocreon tion told TUESDAY vanity virtue wish write young
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 427 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Seite 412 - Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not...
Seite 20 - THE works of fiction, with which the present generation seems more particularly delighted, are such as exhibit life in its true state, diversified only by accidents that daily happen in the world, and influenced by passions and qualities which are really to be found in conversing with mankind.
Seite 320 - He that would pass the latter part of life with honour and decency, must, when he is young, consider that he shall one day be old; and remember, when he is old, that he has once been young. In youth, he must lay up knowledge for his support, when his powers of acting shall forsake him; and in age forbear to animadvert jvith rigour on faults which experience only can correct.
Seite 275 - All the performances of human art, at which we look with praise or wonder, are instances of the resistless force of perseverance : it, is by this that the quarry becomes a pyramid, and that distant countries are united with canals.
Seite 412 - Obidah then related the occurrences of his journey, without any concealment or palliation. "Son," said the hermit, "let the errors and follies, the dangers and escape of this day, sink deep into thy heart. Remember, my son, that human life is the journey of a day. We rise in the morning of youth, full of vigour, and full of expectation ; we set forward with spirit and hope, with gaiety and with diligence, and travel on a while in the direct road of piety towards the mansions of rest.
Seite 409 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way, bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased, that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
Seite 40 - Tis thine alone to calm the pious breast With silent confidence and holy rest : From thee, great God, we spring, to thee we tend, Path- motive, guide, original, and end.
Seite 382 - If the biographer writes from personal knowledge and makes haste to gratify the public curiosity, there is danger least his interest, his fear, his gratitude, or his tenderness, overpower his fidelity, and tempt him to conceal, if not to invent. There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection ; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyric, and not to be known from one another,...
Seite 411 - Thus, forlorn and distressed, he wandered through the wild, without knowing whither he was going, or whether he was every moment drawing nearer to safety or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. "He advanced towards the light, and, finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he...