 But what would be the security of the good if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls nor mountains nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the...  The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 315by Samuel Johnson - 1801Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1783 - 324 pages
...returned the artift, I fhould with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the fecurity of the good, if the bad could at pleafure invade them...of the naked nations that fwarm on the coaft of the fouthern.fea." The prince promifed fccrecy, and waited for the performance, not wholly hopelefs of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 560 pages
...Buts what would be the fecurity of the good, if the bad could at pleafure invade them from the Iky ? Againft an army failing through the clouds, neither...the fudden defcent of fome of the naked nations that /warm on the coaft of the fouthern fea." The prince promifed fecrecy, and waited for the performance,... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 546 pages
...from the fky ? Againft an army failing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor leas, could afford any fecurity. A flight of northern favages...the fudden defcent of fome of the naked nations that iwarm on the coaft of the fouthern fea." The prince promifed fecrecy, and waited for the performance,... | |
 | English fiction - 1788 - 778 pages
...once with irreliftiblc violcnceupon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them. Evun this valley, the retreat of princes, the abode of happinefs, might be violated by the В г RASSELAS, PRINCE OF ABIS5INIA. ' fudden dcfcent of fome of the naked the wiM beads and the tame... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 586 pages
...returned the artift, I fhould with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the fecurity of the good, if the bad could at pleafure invade them...this valley, the retreat of princes, the abode of happineis, might be violated by the fudden defcent of foine of the naked nations that fwarm on the... | |
 | George Adams - Science - 1794 - 540 pages
...them from the iky? Againft an army failing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor fcas could afford any fecurity ; a flight of northern favages...of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.' " The prince promifed fecrecy, and waited for the performance, not wholly hopelefs of fuccefs; he vilitedthe... | |
 | George Adams - Physics - 1794 - 606 pages
...any fecurity ; a flight of northern favages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irreMible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.' " The prince promifed fecrecy, and waited for the performance, not wholly hopekfs of fuccefs; he vifited... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1806 - 376 pages
...security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that...this valley, the retreat of princes, the abode of happiness, might be violated by the sudden descent of some of the naked nations that swarm on the coast... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - Ethiopia - 1810 - 230 pages
...security. A flight qf northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of, a fruitful region that...this valley, the retreat of princes, the abode of happiness, might be violated by the sudden descent of some of the naked nations that swarm on the coast... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - English fiction - 1811 - 194 pages
...security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that...this valley, the retreat of princes, the abode of happiness, might be violated by ,the sudden descent of some of the naked nations that swarm on the... | |
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