Amelia (cont.) Essay on conversation. Essay on the knowledge of the characters of menJ. Johnson, 1806 |
מתוך הספר
תוצאות 1-5 מתוך 87
עמוד 1
... - I believe indeed your candour , ' continued Mrs. Bennet , will be readier to acquit me than I am to ' acquit myself - Indiscretion , at least , the highest , VOL . IX . B 6 ' most unpardonable indiscretion , I shall always lay.
... - I believe indeed your candour , ' continued Mrs. Bennet , will be readier to acquit me than I am to ' acquit myself - Indiscretion , at least , the highest , VOL . IX . B 6 ' most unpardonable indiscretion , I shall always lay.
עמוד 6
... least , a due " sense of our duty to our great Creator must " teach us an absolute submission to his will . Not " only religion , but common sense must teach us " this ; for oh ! my dear children , " cries he , " how " vain is all ...
... least , a due " sense of our duty to our great Creator must " teach us an absolute submission to his will . Not " only religion , but common sense must teach us " this ; for oh ! my dear children , " cries he , " how " vain is all ...
עמוד 9
... least , with the modesty of the antient philosophers , call ' myself a lover of generosity ; but , when I became acquainted with the widow , I was still more de- lighted with what my father had done ; for though ' I could not agree with ...
... least , with the modesty of the antient philosophers , call ' myself a lover of generosity ; but , when I became acquainted with the widow , I was still more de- lighted with what my father had done ; for though ' I could not agree with ...
עמוד 10
... least marks of cheerfulness in her absence , and ❝ could , in truth , scarce bear that she should be out of his sight . ' She had managed this matter so well , ( O she is the most artful of women ! ) that my father's heart was gone ...
... least marks of cheerfulness in her absence , and ❝ could , in truth , scarce bear that she should be out of his sight . ' She had managed this matter so well , ( O she is the most artful of women ! ) that my father's heart was gone ...
עמוד 11
... least impair his affection for ' me ; and concluded with the highest eulogiums on the goodness of the widow , protesting that it was her virtues and not her person with which he was enamoured . 6 6 I now fell upon my knees before him ...
... least impair his affection for ' me ; and concluded with the highest eulogiums on the goodness of the widow , protesting that it was her virtues and not her person with which he was enamoured . 6 6 I now fell upon my knees before him ...
מונחים וביטויים נפוצים
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קטעים בולטים
עמוד 418 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
עמוד 419 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
עמוד 255 - Do you not know, * doctor, that this is as corrupt a nation as ever * existed under the sun ? And would you think of ' governing such a people by the strict principles of •
עמוד 421 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
עמוד 364 - Good-breeding then, or the Art of pleasing in Conversation, is expressed two different ways, viz., in our actions and our words, and our conduct in both may be reduced to that concise, comprehensive rule in Scripture: Do unto all men as you would they should do unto you.
עמוד 144 - The nature of man is far from being in itself evil: it abounds with benevolence, charity, and pity, coveting praise and honour, and shunning shame and disgrace. Bad education, bad habits, and bad customs, debauch our nature, and drive it headlong as it were into vice.
עמוד 403 - Thus while the crafty and designing part of mankind, consulting only their own separate advantage, endeavour to maintain one constant imposition on others, the whole world becomes a vast masquerade, where the greatest part appear disguised under false vizors and habits...
עמוד 79 - O thou ! whatever title please thine ear, Dean, Drapier, Bickerstaff or Gulliver ! Whether thou choose Cervantes...