 But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man, young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 22by Samuel Johnson - 1806Full view - About this book
 | Andrew Reed - 1820 - 352 pages
...July, 1819. &c. FOUNDED ON RECENT AND INTERESTING FACTS. " Le vrai n'est pas toujours vraisemblable." " These familiar histories may, perhaps, be made of...solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions." DR JmysoV, jEmtton, VOLUME... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 462 pages
...of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man ; young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer...attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and I success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like part. For this reason... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1820 - 472 pages
...of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man ; young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer...attention, and hope, by observing his behaviour and No. 4. THE RAMBLER. 23 success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the... | |
 | James Ferguson - 1823 - 466 pages
...rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama as may be the lot of any other man ; young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer...solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions. But if the power of example... | |
 | British essayists - 1823 - 748 pages
...of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man ; young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer...solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions. But if the power of example... | |
 | William Banks - 1823 - 462 pages
...rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama as may be the lot of any other man, young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer...part. " For this reason, these familiar histories may be made of greater use than the solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice... | |
 | 1823 - 880 pages
...rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama as may be the lot of any other man, young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer...behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices. If the world be promiscuously described, I cannot we of what use it can be to read the account, or... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 526 pages
...of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man ; young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer...solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than axioms and definitions. But if the power of example... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1834 - 630 pages
...of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man ; young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer attention, and hope, by observing hie behaviour and success, to regulate their own practices, when they shall be engaged in the like... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1837 - 630 pages
...of the world, and acts in such scenes of the universal drama, as may be the lot of any other man ; young spectators fix their eyes upon him with closer...solemnities of professed morality, and convey the knowledge of vice and virtue with more efficacy than f axioms and definitions. But if the power of... | |
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