Works, Том 1W. Durell, 1809 |
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... peace with mankind , and in a temper to do good offices , was the most essential part of our duty . That notion of moral goodness gave umbrage to Sir John Hawkins , and drew down upon the memory of his friend the bit- terest imputations ...
... peace with mankind , and in a temper to do good offices , was the most essential part of our duty . That notion of moral goodness gave umbrage to Sir John Hawkins , and drew down upon the memory of his friend the bit- terest imputations ...
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... peace by unnecessary scruples . He tells us , that when he surveyed his past life , he discovered nothing . but a barren waste of time , with some disorders of body , and disturbances of mind , very near to madness . His life , he says ...
... peace by unnecessary scruples . He tells us , that when he surveyed his past life , he discovered nothing . but a barren waste of time , with some disorders of body , and disturbances of mind , very near to madness . His life , he says ...
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... peace . Fielding , he says , was the inventor of a cant phrase , good- ness of heart , which means little more than the virtue of a horse or a dog . He should have known that kind affec- tions are the essence of virtue ; they are the ...
... peace . Fielding , he says , was the inventor of a cant phrase , good- ness of heart , which means little more than the virtue of a horse or a dog . He should have known that kind affec- tions are the essence of virtue ; they are the ...
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... peace . " These are British sentiments . Above forty years ago they found an echo in the breast of applauding audi- ences ; and to this hour they are the voice of the peo- ple , in defiance of the metaphysics and the new lights of ...
... peace . " These are British sentiments . Above forty years ago they found an echo in the breast of applauding audi- ences ; and to this hour they are the voice of the peo- ple , in defiance of the metaphysics and the new lights of ...
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... peace and happiness of society were what Dr. Johnson had at heart . He knew that Milton called his defence of the regicides a defence of the people of Eng- land , but , however glossed and varnished , he thought it an apology for murder ...
... peace and happiness of society were what Dr. Johnson had at heart . He knew that Milton called his defence of the regicides a defence of the people of Eng- land , but , however glossed and varnished , he thought it an apology for murder ...
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