The British Essayists, Том 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... virtues are not obscured by the ignorance , prejudice , or envy of their be- holders ! Some men cannot discern between a noble and a mean action . Others are apt to attribute them to some false end or intention ; and others purposely ...
... virtues are not obscured by the ignorance , prejudice , or envy of their be- holders ! Some men cannot discern between a noble and a mean action . Others are apt to attribute them to some false end or intention ; and others purposely ...
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... virtue , without any regard to our good or ill opinions of him , to our reproaches or commendations . As on the contrary it is usual for us , when we would take off from the fame and reputation of an action , to ascribe it SPECTATOR ...
... virtue , without any regard to our good or ill opinions of him , to our reproaches or commendations . As on the contrary it is usual for us , when we would take off from the fame and reputation of an action , to ascribe it SPECTATOR ...
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... virtues . We may further observe , that such a man will be more grieved for the loss of fame , than he could have been pleased with the enjoyment of it . For though the presence of this imaginary good cannot make us happy , the absence ...
... virtues . We may further observe , that such a man will be more grieved for the loss of fame , than he could have been pleased with the enjoyment of it . For though the presence of this imaginary good cannot make us happy , the absence ...
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... virtues , which in their own nature are incapable of any outward representation ; many silent perfections in the soul of a good man , which are great ornaments to human nature , but not able to discover themselves to the knowledge of ...
... virtues , which in their own nature are incapable of any outward representation ; many silent perfections in the soul of a good man , which are great ornaments to human nature , but not able to discover themselves to the knowledge of ...
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... virtues which want an opportunity of exerting and shewing them- selves in actions . Every virtue requires time and place , a proper object and a fit conjuncture of cir- cumstances , for the due exercise of it . A state of poverty ...
... virtues which want an opportunity of exerting and shewing them- selves in actions . Every virtue requires time and place , a proper object and a fit conjuncture of cir- cumstances , for the due exercise of it . A state of poverty ...
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