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... consider , sir , that a house of commons is to the people as a creature is to its Creator . ' ' To this question , ' said Dr. Johnson , I could have replied , that — in the first place— the idea of a Creator must be such as that he has ...
... consider , sir , that a house of commons is to the people as a creature is to its Creator . ' ' To this question , ' said Dr. Johnson , I could have replied , that — in the first place— the idea of a Creator must be such as that he has ...
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... considering the works of a poeth , that " amendments are seldom made without some token of a rent ; " but I do not find that this is appli- cable to prose ' . We shall see that though his amend- ments in this work are for the better ...
... considering the works of a poeth , that " amendments are seldom made without some token of a rent ; " but I do not find that this is appli- cable to prose ' . We shall see that though his amend- ments in this work are for the better ...
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... consider it with parti- cular attention . It will be afterwards referred to in this work . a I have since observed , that Johnson has further enforced the propriety of exhibiting the faults of virtuous and eminent men in their true ...
... consider it with parti- cular attention . It will be afterwards referred to in this work . a I have since observed , that Johnson has further enforced the propriety of exhibiting the faults of virtuous and eminent men in their true ...
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... consider , that such small particulars are intended for those who are nicely critical in composition , to whom they will be an ac- ceptable selection ' . Spence's Anecdotes , which are frequently quoted and i In 1783 , when a third ...
... consider , that such small particulars are intended for those who are nicely critical in composition , to whom they will be an ac- ceptable selection ' . Spence's Anecdotes , which are frequently quoted and i In 1783 , when a third ...
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... consider the com- munication as a favour worthy of publick acknowledge- ment : " but he has not owned to whom he was obliged ; so that the acknowledgement is unappropriated to his grace . turn . While the world in general was filled ...
... consider the com- munication as a favour worthy of publick acknowledge- ment : " but he has not owned to whom he was obliged ; so that the acknowledgement is unappropriated to his grace . turn . While the world in general was filled ...
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Page 85 - Biron they call him; but a merrier man, Within the limit of becoming mirth, I never spent an hour's talk withal : His eye begets occasion for his wit; For every object that the one doth catch, The other turns to a mirth-moving jest ; Which his fair tongue (conceit's expositor,) Delivers in such apt and gracious words, That aged ears play truant at his tales, And younger hearings are quite ravished ; So sweet and voluble is his discourse.
Page 256 - Forbearing one another, and forgiving one another, if any man have a quarrel against any: even as Christ forgave you, so also do ye. And above all these things put on charity, which is the bond of perfectness.
Page 82 - And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom ; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent; and the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.
Page 25 - Depend upon it, (said he,) that if a man talks of his misfortunes, there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him ; for where there is nothing but pure misery, there never is any recourse to the mention of it.
Page 162 - There is a wicked inclination in most people to suppose an old man decayed in his intellects. If a young or middle-aged man, when leaving a company, does not recollect where he laid his hat, it is nothing ; but if the same inattention is discovered in an old man, people will shrug up their shoulders, and say,
Page 366 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd, Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow, Raze out the written troubles of the brain, And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuff 'd bosom of that perilous stuff, Which weighs upon the heart ? Doct.
Page 276 - tis all a cheat. Yet, fool'd with hope, men favour the deceit ; Trust on, and think to-morrow will repay : To-morrow's falser than the former day ; Lies worse ; and while it says we shall be blest With some new joys, cuts off what we possest.
Page 37 - He is therefore, with all his variety of excellence, not often pathetic ; and had so little sensibility of the power of effusions purely natural, that he did not esteem them in others.
Page 256 - I THEREFORE, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you that ye walk worthy of the vocation wherewith ye are called...
Page 93 - ... one can hardly tell how. Its ways are unaccountable and inexplicable, being answerable to the numberless rovings of fancy and windings of language. It is, in short, a manner of speaking out of the simple and plain way — such as reason teacheth and proveth things by — which by a pretty surprising uncouthness in conceit or expression doth affect and amuse the fancy, stirring in it some wonder, and breeding some delight thereto.