The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: Containing essays, tracts, and JourneyJ. Haddon, 1820 |
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... hundred as good as he ; that even if this which has happened to Middlesex had happened to every other county , that one man should be made incapable of being elected , it could produce no great change in the parliament , nor much ...
... hundred as good as he ; that even if this which has happened to Middlesex had happened to every other county , that one man should be made incapable of being elected , it could produce no great change in the parliament , nor much ...
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... hundred miles round , and represented it as a region naked indeed of wood , but which , if that defect were sup- plied , would have all that nature , almost all that luxury could want . The harbour he found capa- cious and secure , and ...
... hundred miles round , and represented it as a region naked indeed of wood , but which , if that defect were sup- plied , would have all that nature , almost all that luxury could want . The harbour he found capa- cious and secure , and ...
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... hundred men , with a train of twenty - seven cannon , four mortars , and two hundred bombs . The fleet con- sisted of five frigates , from twenty to thirty guns , which were now stationed opposite to the block- house . He then sent them ...
... hundred men , with a train of twenty - seven cannon , four mortars , and two hundred bombs . The fleet con- sisted of five frigates , from twenty to thirty guns , which were now stationed opposite to the block- house . He then sent them ...
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... hundred men , such as this degenerate age affords , a majority can be found thus virtuously abstracted , who will affirm ? Yet there is no good in despondence : vigilance and activity often effect more than was expected . Let us take a ...
... hundred men , such as this degenerate age affords , a majority can be found thus virtuously abstracted , who will affirm ? Yet there is no good in despondence : vigilance and activity often effect more than was expected . Let us take a ...
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... hundred years too late for the candidates of sovereignty . When he formed his project of discovery , the fluctuations of military turbulence had subsided , and Europe be- gan to regain a settled form , by established govern- ment and ...
... hundred years too late for the candidates of sovereignty . When he formed his project of discovery , the fluctuations of military turbulence had subsided , and Europe be- gan to regain a settled form , by established govern- ment and ...
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Стр. 391 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Стр. 174 - That they are entitled to life, liberty, and property, and they have never ceded to any sovereign power whatever, a right to dispose of either without their consent.
Стр. 48 - The only end of writing is to enable the readers better to enjoy life, or better to endure it...
Стр. 249 - An eye accustomed to flowery pastures and waving harvests is astonished and repelled by this wide extent of hopeless sterility. The appearance is that of matter incapable of form or usefulness, dismissed by nature from her care, and disinherited of her favours, left in its original elemental state, or quickened only with -one sullen power of useless vegetation.
Стр. 285 - We were entertained with the usual hospitality by Mr. Macdonald, and his lady Flora Macdonald, a name that will be mentioned in history, and, if courage and fidelity be virtues, mentioned with honour.
Стр. 177 - 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. 176 - 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. 271 - If an epicure could remove by a wish, in quest of sensual gratifications, wherever he had supped he would breakfast in Scotland.
Стр. 219 - His history is written with elegance and vigour, but his fabulousness and credulity are justly blamed. His fabulousness. if he was the author of the fictions, is a fault for which no apology can be made ; but his credulity may be excused in an age when all men were credulous.
Стр. 177 - ... we cheerfully consent to the operation of such acts of the 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...