The Works of Samuel Johnson: With an Essay on His Life and GeniusL. Hansard, 1810 |
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... original Letters from the Au- thors of the Universal History , Mr. Ainsworth , and Mr. Maclaurin , & c . By William Lauder , A. M. First printed in the Year 1751 - Review of a Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil POLITICAL ...
... original Letters from the Au- thors of the Universal History , Mr. Ainsworth , and Mr. Maclaurin , & c . By William Lauder , A. M. First printed in the Year 1751 - Review of a Free Enquiry into the Nature and Origin of Evil POLITICAL ...
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... original of that tra- gedy , I should disclose the genuine source of Para- DISE LOST . Nor was my expectation disappointed ; for , having procured the ADAMUS EXUL of GRO- Tius , I found , or imagined myself to find , the first draught ...
... original of that tra- gedy , I should disclose the genuine source of Para- DISE LOST . Nor was my expectation disappointed ; for , having procured the ADAMUS EXUL of GRO- Tius , I found , or imagined myself to find , the first draught ...
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... ORIGINAL LETTERS From the Authors of the UNIVERSAL HISTORY , Mr. AINSWORTH , Mr. MACLAURIN , & C . By WILLIAM LAUDER , A. M. Quem penitet peccasse pane est innocens . Corpora magnanimo satis est prostrasse Leoni . SENECA . Pugna suum ...
... ORIGINAL LETTERS From the Authors of the UNIVERSAL HISTORY , Mr. AINSWORTH , Mr. MACLAURIN , & C . By WILLIAM LAUDER , A. M. Quem penitet peccasse pane est innocens . Corpora magnanimo satis est prostrasse Leoni . SENECA . Pugna suum ...
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... original design , to have the supposi- titious passages which I have inserted in my quota- tions made known to the world , and the shade which began to gather on the splendour of Milton totally dispersed , I cannot but count it an ...
... original design , to have the supposi- titious passages which I have inserted in my quota- tions made known to the world , and the shade which began to gather on the splendour of Milton totally dispersed , I cannot but count it an ...
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... original poverty . " Thus far he speaks what every man must approve , and what every wise man has said before him . He then gives us the system of subordination , not in- vented , for it was known I think to the Arabian metaphysicians ...
... original poverty . " Thus far he speaks what every man must approve , and what every wise man has said before him . He then gives us the system of subordination , not in- vented , for it was known I think to the Arabian metaphysicians ...
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Seite 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.
Seite 177 - That the foundation of English liberty and of all free government, is, a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Seite 251 - I sat down on a bank, such as a writer of Romance might have delighted to feign. I had indeed no trees to whisper over my head, but a clear rivulet streamed at my feet. The day was calm, the air soft, and all was rudeness, silence, and solitude. Before me, and on either side, were high hills, which by hindering the eye from ranging, forced the mind to find entertainment for itself. Whether I spent the hour well I know not; for here I first conceived the thought of this narration.
Seite 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.
Seite 204 - 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?
Seite 47 - One sport the merry malice of these beings has found means of enjoying, to which we have nothing equal or similar. They now and then catch a mortal proud of his parts, and flattered either by the submission of those who court his kindness, or the notice of those who suffer him to court theirs. A head thus prepared for the reception of false opinions, and the projection of vain designs, they easily fill with idle notions, till in time they make their plaything an author...
Seite 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.
Seite 2 - ... gradually rising, perhaps from small beginnings, till its foundation rests in the centre, and its turrets sparkle in the skies ; to trace back the structure through all its varieties, to the simplicity of its first plan, to find what was first projected, whence the scheme was taken, how it was improved, by what assistance it was executed, and from what stores the materials were collected, whether its founder dug them from the quarries of Nature, or demolished other buildings to embellish his...
Seite 273 - 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.
Seite 142 - TO improve the golden moment of opportunity, and catch the good that is within our reach, is the great art of life.