The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.Hastings, Etheridge and Bliss, 1811 |
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... inhabitants with which human knowledge is acquainted , an universe much less spacious or splendid would have been suffi- cient ; and of happiness , it does not appear that any is communicated from the beings of a lower world to those of ...
... inhabitants with which human knowledge is acquainted , an universe much less spacious or splendid would have been suffi- cient ; and of happiness , it does not appear that any is communicated from the beings of a lower world to those of ...
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... inhabitants of the remotest planet . How the Origin of Evil is brought nearer to human conception by any inconceivable means , I am not able to discover . We believed that the present system of creation was right , though we could not ...
... inhabitants of the remotest planet . How the Origin of Evil is brought nearer to human conception by any inconceivable means , I am not able to discover . We believed that the present system of creation was right , though we could not ...
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... inhabitants of the world . Of the productions of the last bounteous year , how many can be said to serve any purpose of use or pleasure ? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life , or better to endure it ...
... inhabitants of the world . Of the productions of the last bounteous year , how many can be said to serve any purpose of use or pleasure ? The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life , or better to endure it ...
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... inhabitants flock together , that they may see that which must be sent to the king . Names are easily collected . One man signs because he hates the papists ; another because he has vowed destruction to the turnpikes ; one because it ...
... inhabitants flock together , that they may see that which must be sent to the king . Names are easily collected . One man signs because he hates the papists ; another because he has vowed destruction to the turnpikes ; one because it ...
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... inhabitant of the land there appears nothing in all this unreasonable or offensive . If the English intended to keep their stipulation , how were they in- jured by the detention of the rudder ? If the rudder be to a ship what his tail ...
... inhabitant of the land there appears nothing in all this unreasonable or offensive . If the English intended to keep their stipulation , how were they in- jured by the detention of the rudder ? If the rudder be to a ship what his tail ...
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Стр. 162 - That by such emigration they by no means forfeited, surrendered, or lost any of those rights, but that they were, and their descendants now are, entitled to the exercise and enjoyment of all such of them, as their local and other circumstances enable them to exercise and enjoy.
Стр. 164 - British parliament, as are, bona fide, restrained to the regulation of our external commerce, for the purpose of securing the commercial advantages of the whole empire to the mother country, and the commercial benefits of its respective members ; excluding every idea of taxation, internal or external, for raising a revenue on the subjects in America, without their consent.
Стр. 188 - His violent prejudice against our West Indian and American settlers appeared whenever there was an opportunity. Towards the conclusion of his " Taxation no Tyranny," he says, " how is it that we hear the loudest yelps for liberty among the drivers of negroes?
Стр. 243 - These, however, are deficiencies in story, for which no man is now to be censured. It were enough, if what there is yet opportunity of examining were accurately inspected, and justly represented; but such is the laxity of Highland conversation, that the inquirer is kept in continual suspense, and by a kind of intellectual retrogradation, knows less as he hears more.
Стр. 132 - To improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.
Стр. 162 - That our ancestors, who first settled these colonies, were at the time of their emigration from the mother country, entitled to all the rights, liberties, and immunities of free and natural-born subjects, within the realm of England.
Стр. 260 - Raasay has little that can detain a traveller, except the laird and his family ; but their power wants no auxiliaries. Such a seat of hospitality, amidst the winds and waters, fills the imagination with a delightful contrariety of images. Without is the rough ocean and the rocky land, the beating billows and the howling storm : within is plenty and elegance, beauty and gaiety, the song and the dance.
Стр. 121 - ... outrage, for rage of defamation and audacity of falsehood. The Supporters of the Bill of Rights feel no niceties of composition, nor dexterities of sophistry; their faculties are better proportioned to the bawl of Bellas, or barbarity of Beckford; but they are told that Junius is on their side, and they are therefore sure that Junius is infallible. Those who know not whither he would lead them, resolve to follow him; and those who cannot find his meaning, hope he means rebellion.
Стр. 192 - We found, that by the interposition of some invisible friend, lodgings had been provided for us at the house of one of the professors, whose easy civility quickly made us forget that we were strangers; and in the whole time of our stay we were gratified by every mode of kindness, and entertained with all the elegance of lettered hospitality.
Стр. 250 - There was perhaps never any change of national manners so quick, so great, and so general, as that which has operated in the Highlands, by the last conquest, and the subsequent laws. We came thither too late to see what we expected, a people of peculiar appearance, and a system of antiquated life.