The Works of Samuel Johnson, כרך 4Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-3 מתוך 27
עמוד 61
... gain of the next ; but my desires yet remained unsatis- fied , and when one of my chances had failed , all my expectation was suspended on those which re- mained yet undetermined . At last a prize of five thousand pounds was proclaimed ...
... gain of the next ; but my desires yet remained unsatis- fied , and when one of my chances had failed , all my expectation was suspended on those which re- mained yet undetermined . At last a prize of five thousand pounds was proclaimed ...
עמוד 69
... gain nothing to ourselves . Of these two malignant and destructive powers , it seems probable at the first view , that interest has the strongest and most extensive influence . It is easy to conceive that opportunities to seize what has ...
... gain nothing to ourselves . Of these two malignant and destructive powers , it seems probable at the first view , that interest has the strongest and most extensive influence . It is easy to conceive that opportunities to seize what has ...
עמוד 70
... gain much , has commonly some- thing to lose , and when he ventures to attack su- periority , if he fails to conquer , is irrecoverably crushed . But envy may act without expense or danger . To spread suspicion , to invent calumnies ...
... gain much , has commonly some- thing to lose , and when he ventures to attack su- periority , if he fails to conquer , is irrecoverably crushed . But envy may act without expense or danger . To spread suspicion , to invent calumnies ...
תוכן
The study of life not to be neglected for the sake of books | 50 |
The history of an adventurer in lotteries | 56 |
The history of Leviculus the fortunehunter | 62 |
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acquaintance Admirable Crichton adventure Ajut amuse ANGELES Anningait appear ardour beauty CALIFORN censure consider contempt danger delight desire dignity discovered easily elegance endeavour envy equally Euryalus excellence expected eyes favour felicity flatter folly fortune frequent friends gain gratify Greenland happiness haste heart honour hope hour human idleness imagination inclined indulgence kind knowledge labour lady learning less Leviculus LIBRARY live look mankind Mantua ment merriment mind miscarriages misery nature ness never nocturnal revel numbers observed obtained once opinion OVID panegyrists pass passion perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure Posidippus praise present Prospero publick RAMBLER RARY reason received regard reputation resolved riches SAMUEL JOHNSON SATURDAY scarcely Seged seldom sentiments shew Sir Joshua Reynolds sleep solicit sometimes soon success suffered terrour Theocritus thou thought Tibullus tion topick TUESDAY ulmo UNIVERSITY vanity VIRG virtue wealth whoever