extrinsick

Large loads and heaps of matter as mountains and Rocks lie obstinate, inactive and motionless, and eternally will remain so unless moved by some Force extrinsick to themselves.

John Adams diary 1, 18 November 1755 - 29 August 1756 1961

'As law supplies the weak with adventitious strength, it likewise enlightens the ignorant with extrinsick understanding.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyrick, and not to be known from one another but by extrinsick and casual circumstances.

Life Of Johnson Boswell, James, 1740-1795 1887

The meaning is, “Let not ambition form thy circle of action, but move upon other principles; and let ambition only operate as something extrinsick and adventitious.”

Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863

I am not so much a friend to the stale starched formality of preambles, as to detain so great an audience with any previous discourse extrinsick to the subject matter and design of the text; and therefore

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. I. 1634-1716 1823

There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyrick, and not to be known from one another but by extrinsick and casual circumstances.

Life of Johnson, Volume 1 1709-1765 James Boswell 1767

'As law supplies the weak with adventitious strength, it likewise enlightens the ignorant with extrinsick understanding.

Life of Johnson, Volume 2 1765-1776 James Boswell 1767

There are many who think it an act of piety to hide the faults or failings of their friends, even when they can no longer suffer by their detection; we therefore see whole ranks of characters adorned with uniform panegyrick, and not to be known from one another, but by extrinsick and casual circumstances.

The Rambler, sections 55-112 (1750-1751); from The Works of Samuel Johnson in Sixteen Volumes, Vol. IV 1750

Rape of the Lock; and by which extrinsick and adventitious embellishments and illustrations are connected with a known subject, as in the Essay on Criticism.

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746

Correction seldom effects more than the suppression of faults: a happy line, or a single elegance, may, perhaps, be added; but, of a large work, the general character must always remain; the original constitution can be very little helped by local remedies; inherent and radical dulness will never be much invigorated by extrinsick animation.

The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes Volume the Eighth: The Lives of the Poets, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746