The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler ; and W. Pickering, 1825 |
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Pagina ix
... hope that they will accept , as a substitute , those of that country which Gulliver had so lately rendered illustrious , and which untimely death had prevented that enterprising tra- veller from publishing himself . Under this fiction ...
... hope that they will accept , as a substitute , those of that country which Gulliver had so lately rendered illustrious , and which untimely death had prevented that enterprising tra- veller from publishing himself . Under this fiction ...
Pagina 20
... hope , at a very great distance from us ; but if the danger of the exportation of victuals be so urgent as some gentlemen have represented it , and so for- midable as it appears to the whole nation , it is surely re- quisite that the ...
... hope , at a very great distance from us ; but if the danger of the exportation of victuals be so urgent as some gentlemen have represented it , and so for- midable as it appears to the whole nation , it is surely re- quisite that the ...
Pagina 22
... hope , on both sides generally false ; at least , it must appear on this occasion , that those who press the bill had no views of strengthening their party by a victory , of wearying their opponents by obstinacy , or of promoting any ...
... hope , on both sides generally false ; at least , it must appear on this occasion , that those who press the bill had no views of strengthening their party by a victory , of wearying their opponents by obstinacy , or of promoting any ...
Pagina 27
... hope for any excuse from candour and lenity . To read or hear this paper is sufficient for a full convic- tion of its pernicious tendency , and of the malice of its author ; a charge not fixed upon particular expressions capable of a ...
... hope for any excuse from candour and lenity . To read or hear this paper is sufficient for a full convic- tion of its pernicious tendency , and of the malice of its author ; a charge not fixed upon particular expressions capable of a ...
Pagina 30
... hope , will never find any countenance in this house . Mr. WINNINGTON answered to the following purpose : -Sir , it is not impossible that the honourable gentlemen , having not lately looked into the orders of the house , may mistake ...
... hope , will never find any countenance in this house . Mr. WINNINGTON answered to the following purpose : -Sir , it is not impossible that the honourable gentlemen , having not lately looked into the orders of the house , may mistake ...
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Pagina 331 - Sir, the atrocious crime of being a young man, which the honourable gentleman has with such spirit and decency charged upon me, I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny, but content myself with wishing that I may be one of those whose follies may cease with their youth, and not of that number, who are ignorant in spite of experience.
Pagina 150 - That an humble address be presented to his Majesty, that he will be graciously pleased to give directions that a monument be erected in the Cathedral Church of ST.
Pagina 331 - Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and become more wicked with less temptation ; who prostitutes himself for money which he cannot enjoy, and spends the remains of his life in the ruin of his country.
Pagina 331 - I will not sit unconcerned while my liberty is invaded, nor look in silence upon public robbery. I will exert my endeavours, at whatever hazard, to repel the aggressor, and drag the thief to justice, whoever may protect them in their villainy, and whoever may partake of their plunder.
Pagina 331 - ... to please this gentleman, I shall not lay myself under any restraint, nor very solicitously copy his diction or his mien, however matured by age or modelled by experience.
Pagina 249 - Parliament for the encouragement and increase of seamen, and for the better and speedier manning of her Majesty's fleet...
Pagina 331 - Men, but in no other; and it would surely contribute more, even to the Purpose for which some Gentlemen appear to speak, that of depreciating the Conduct of the Administration, to prove the Inconveniences and Injustice of this Bill, than barely to assert them, with whatever Magnificence of Language, or Appearance of Zeal, Honesty, or Compassion.
Pagina 331 - No diversity of opinion can justify the violation of decency, and the use of rude and virulent expressions, dictated only by resentment, and uttered without regard to
Pagina 331 - ... resentment,— age, which always brings one privilege, that of being insolent and supercilious without punishment. But with regard, sir, to those whom I have offended, I am of opinion that if I had acted a borrowed part, I should have avoided their censure. The heat that offended them is the ardour of conviction, and that zeal for the service of my country which neither hope nor fear shall influence me to suppress.
Pagina 331 - ... but their own, and with making laws only to consume paper, and threatened them with the defection of their adherents, and the loss of their influence, upon this new discovery of their folly and their ignorance.