A Critical Enquiry Into the Moral Writings of Dr. Samuel Johnson: In which the Tendency of Certain Passages in the Rambler, and Other Publications of that Celebrated Writer, is Impartially Considered : to which is Added an Appendix, Containing a Dialogue Between Boswell and Johnson in the ShadesC. Corrall, 1802 - 144 страници |
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... thought consistent with reason and the very nature of things . Judicious and limited commenda- tion may further be compared to the sun in its relation to the natural world . It ripens the crude seeds of genius , and shelters its ...
... thought consistent with reason and the very nature of things . Judicious and limited commenda- tion may further be compared to the sun in its relation to the natural world . It ripens the crude seeds of genius , and shelters its ...
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... thought ridicule the most powerful weapon ; and employed it sometimes with dexterity , and sometimes with propriety : every foible was exposed , and every vice abhorred ; but descending too much to the minute fopperies of giddy fashion ...
... thought ridicule the most powerful weapon ; and employed it sometimes with dexterity , and sometimes with propriety : every foible was exposed , and every vice abhorred ; but descending too much to the minute fopperies of giddy fashion ...
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... thought , or teach the road that leads to fame and happiness ! The * It is a remarkable fact that this author was for ever anxious to dissuade the rising generation from cultivating knowledge . To repress this noble ardor and ...
... thought , or teach the road that leads to fame and happiness ! The * It is a remarkable fact that this author was for ever anxious to dissuade the rising generation from cultivating knowledge . To repress this noble ardor and ...
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... thought himself at liberty to indulge his own caprice , and advance his own opinions . They then disturbed each other with contrariety of inclinations and difference of senti- ments , and Abouzaid was necessitated to offend one party by ...
... thought himself at liberty to indulge his own caprice , and advance his own opinions . They then disturbed each other with contrariety of inclinations and difference of senti- ments , and Abouzaid was necessitated to offend one party by ...
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... thought himself overlooked in the crowd , and murmured because he was not distinguished above the rest . By degrees all made advances , and all re- sented repulse . The table was then co- vered with delicacies in vain ; the music ...
... thought himself overlooked in the crowd , and murmured because he was not distinguished above the rest . By degrees all made advances , and all re- sented repulse . The table was then co- vered with delicacies in vain ; the music ...
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