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 - English literature |
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... thou haft con- vinced me , that no human being can ever be a poet . Proceed with thy narration . " " To be a poet , faid Imlac , is indeed very diffi- cult . " " So difficult , returned the prince , that I will at prefent hear no more ...
... thou haft con- vinced me , that no human being can ever be a poet . Proceed with thy narration . " " To be a poet , faid Imlac , is indeed very diffi- cult . " " So difficult , returned the prince , that I will at prefent hear no more ...
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... thou canst give me . I am not ig- norant of the motive that affembles fuch numbers in that place , and cannot but confider it as the centre of wisdom and piety , to which the best and wifeft men of every land must be continually re ...
... thou canst give me . I am not ig- norant of the motive that affembles fuch numbers in that place , and cannot but confider it as the centre of wisdom and piety , to which the best and wifeft men of every land must be continually re ...
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... thou- fands enriched by his bounty , or affifted by his power ? And why fhould not life glide quietly away in the foft reciprocation of protection and reve- rence ? All this may be done without the help of European refinements , which ...
... thou- fands enriched by his bounty , or affifted by his power ? And why fhould not life glide quietly away in the foft reciprocation of protection and reve- rence ? All this may be done without the help of European refinements , which ...
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... thou here found happiness at last ? faid Raffelas . Tell me without referve ; art thou con- tent with thy condition ? or , doft thou wish to be again wandering and enquiring ? All the inhabitants of this valley celebrate their lot , and ...
... thou here found happiness at last ? faid Raffelas . Tell me without referve ; art thou con- tent with thy condition ? or , doft thou wish to be again wandering and enquiring ? All the inhabitants of this valley celebrate their lot , and ...
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... thou shalt be the companion of my flight , the guide of my rambles , the partner of my fortune , and fole director in the choice of life . " ( ( my Sir , anfwered the poet , your escape will be diffi- cult , and , perhaps , you may foon ...
... thou shalt be the companion of my flight , the guide of my rambles , the partner of my fortune , and fole director in the choice of life . " ( ( my Sir , anfwered the poet , your escape will be diffi- cult , and , perhaps , you may foon ...
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ABDALLA Afpafia againſt anfwered ASPASIA Baffa becauſe breaft CALI CARAZA caufe cauſe cenfure character confiderations confidered converfation death defcribed defign defire DEMETRIUS Epictetus Epitaph ev'ry eyes fafe faid Imlac faid the prince fame fear feat fecula fecurity feemed feen fhades fhall fhould fibi filent firft fkies folly fome fometimes foon foul ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fuppofed Greece Guife happineſs happy heav'n hiftory himſelf hope Iliad inftructed IRENE Johnfon juftice laft lefs LEONTIUS loft Lord MAHOMET mankind mifery mihi mind moft moſt muft muſt MUSTAPHA myſelf nature neceffary Nekayah numbers nunc o'er obfervations paffed paffion Pekuah perfon pleafing pleaſe pleaſure poet Pope pow'r praiſe prefent princefs publiſhed purpoſe quæ racter Raffelas reafon refolved reft ſtate thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought tibi tranflation uſeful verfes viii virtue vitæ whofe
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Page 85 - 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.
Page 118 - 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.
Page 15 - 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...
Page 334 - 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.
Page 3 - 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.
Page 333 - 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...
Page 26 - 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.
Page 341 - 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.
Page 201 - A man is in general better pleased when he has a good dinner upon his table than when his wife talks Greek.
Page 3 - 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.