The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Tales and visions: The history of Rasselas, The vision of Theodore, The apotheosis of Milton. Prayers and devotional exercises. Apophthegms, sentiments, opinions, and occasional reflections. Irene, a tragedy. Poems. Miscellaneous poems. PoemataJ. Buckland [and 40 others], 1787 |
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Términos y frases comunes
ABDALLA Afpafia anſwered ASPASIA aſſembly aſſiſt Baffa becauſe beſt buſineſs CALI CARAZA cauſe cenſured character charms confidered converſation death defire delight DEMETRIUS deſcribed deſigns dreſs Engliſh eſcape eſt ev'ry eyes faid Imlac fame fear feat filent firſt folly fome fometimes foon forrow foul friendſhip fuch fuffer Greece happy heav'n hiſtory hope houſe Iliad inſtructed IRENE juſt laſt LEONTIUS leſs Lord loſe MAHOMET mankind mihi mind miſtreſs moſt muſt MUSTAPHA nature Nekayah nunc o'er obſervations paffions paſſion Pekuah perfon pleaſe pleaſure poet Pope pow'r praiſe preſent prince princeſs publiſhed purpoſe racter raiſe Raſſelas reaſon refolved reſpect reſt roſe ſaid ſay ſcarce ſcenes ſee ſhades ſhall ſhe ſhewed ſhort ſhould ſky ſmile ſome ſpread ſtanding ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſubject ſuch Sultan ſupport ſuppoſed thee theſe thoſe thou thought tibi tranflation uſe verſes viii virtue viſit whoſe
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Página 83 - This opinion, which perhaps prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth: those that never heard of one another, would not have agreed in a tale which nothing but experience can make credible. That it is doubted by single cavillers, can very little weaken the general evidence: and some who deny it with their tongues, confess it by their fears.
Página 116 - The mind dances from scene to scene, unites all pleasures in all combinations, and riots in delights which nature and fortune, with all their bounty cannot bestow.
Página 13 - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky ? Against an army sailing through the clouds neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas, could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital...
Página 332 - His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand ; He left the name, at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 1 - Man surely has some latent sense for which this place affords no gratification, or he has some desires distinct from sense which must be satisfied before he can be happy.
Página 331 - On what foundation stands the warrior's pride, How just his hopes let Swedish Charles decide ; A frame of adamant, a soul of fire, No dangers fright him, and no labours tire ; O'er love, o'er fear, extends his wide domain, Unconquer'd lord of pleasure and of pain ; No joys to him pacific...
Página 24 - Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified: no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley. I observed with equal care the crags of the rock and the pinnacles of the palace. Sometimes I wandered along the mazes of the rivulet, and sometimes watched the changes of the summer clouds.
Página 339 - Ah ! let not Censure term our fate our choice, The stage but echoes back the public voice ; The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, For we that live to please, must please to live.
Página 199 - A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.
Página 1 - are happy, and need not envy me that walk thus among you, burdened with myself; nor do I, ye gentle beings, envy your felicity, for it is not the felicity of man. I have many distresses from which ye are free; I fear pain when I do not feel it; I sometimes shrink at evils recollected, and sometimes start at evils anticipated: surely the equity of Providence has balanced peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoyments.