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" Yet these failures, however frequent, may admit extenuation and apology. To have attempted much is always laudable, even when the enterprise is above the strength that undertakes it; to rest below his own aim is incident to every one whose fancy is active,... "
The Naval Chronicle - Página iii
editado por - 1799
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A dictionary of the English language. Abstracted from the folio ed., by the ...

Samuel Johnson - 1768 - 1002 páginas
...eienipHfied, many fenies have efcaped obfervation. Yet thefe failures, however fiequent, may admit extenuation and apology. To have attempted much is always laudable, even when the enterprize is above the ftrength that undertakes it : To reft below his own aim is incident to every...
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Miscellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, Volumen2

Samuel Johnson - 1774 - 374 páginas
...Execution ; and that whatever Abilities I had brought to my Talk, with thofe I muft finally perform it. To deliberate whenever I doubted, to enquire whenever...the Undertaking without End, and, perhaps, without much Improvement ; for I did not fmd by my firft Experiments, that what I had not of my own was eafily...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 454 páginas
...exemplified, many fenfes have efcaped obfervation. Yet thefe failures, however frequent, may admit extenuation and apology. To have attempted much is always laudable, even when the enterprize is above the ftrength that undertakes it:. To reft below his own aim is incident to every...
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A Critical Enquiry Into the Moral Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson: In which ...

William Mudford - 1802 - 166 páginas
...clouds of prejudice, and his arguments degenerate into sophistical declamation. Yet, in his own words, " to have attempted much is always laudable even when...enterprise is above the strength that undertakes it ; to rest below his aim is incident to every one whose fancy is active, and whose views are comprehensive."...
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The Law Journal: Consisting of Original Communications on ..., Volúmenes1-2

1804 - 518 páginas
...somewhat similar, when he regrets the imperfections of his dictionary of the English language — " To have attempted much, is always laudable even when...enterprise is above the strength that undertakes it : to rest below his own aim is incident to every one whose fancy is active and whose views are comprehensive;...
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A Dictionary of the English Language: In which the Words are ..., Volumen1

Samuel Johnson - 1805 - 954 páginas
...exemplified, many senses have escaped observation. Yet these failures, however frequent, may admit extenuation and apology. To have attempted much is...enterprise is above the strength that undertakes it : To rest below his own aim is incident to every one •whose fancy is active, and whose views are comprehensive...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 376 páginas
...exemplified, many sense* have escaped observation. Yet these failures, however frequent, may admit extenuation and apology. To have attempted much is always laudable, even when the enterprize is above the strength that undertakes it : To rest below his own aim is incident to every...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 488 páginas
...exemplified, many senses have escaped observation. Yet these failures, however frequent, may admit extenuation and apology. To have attempted much is...enterprise is above the strength that undertakes it ; to rest below -his own aim is incident to every one whose fancy is active, and whose views are comprehensive...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volumen2

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1810 - 486 páginas
...Yet these failures, however frequent, may admit extenuation and apology. To have attempted inuch.is always laudable, even when the enterprise " is above the strength that undertakes it : To rest J)elow his own aim is incident to every one whose fancy is active,, and whose views are comprehensive...
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An Alphabetical Digest of the Public Statute Law of South-Carolina, Volumen1

South Carolina, Joseph Brevard - 1814 - 620 páginas
...the civil jurisprudence of the state from it:; origin, to say, in the language of Dr. Johnson, that "to have attempted much is always laudable, even when...enterprise is above the strength that undertakes it:" and he presumes, however extravagant it may appear, to prefer a wish, that our laws may hereafter be...
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