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 pages |
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... ments , and Abouzaid was necessitated to offend one party by concurrence , or both by indifference . " He afterwards determined to avoid a close union with beings so discordant in their nature , and to diffuse himself in a larger circle ...
... ments , and Abouzaid was necessitated to offend one party by concurrence , or both by indifference . " He afterwards determined to avoid a close union with beings so discordant in their nature , and to diffuse himself in a larger circle ...
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... ment may be allowed to declamation , and some exaggeration to burlesque ; but as they deviate farther from reality , they become less useful , because their lessons will fail of application . The mind of the reader is carried away from ...
... ment may be allowed to declamation , and some exaggeration to burlesque ; but as they deviate farther from reality , they become less useful , because their lessons will fail of application . The mind of the reader is carried away from ...
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... ment can be adequate to the crime of him who retires to solitude for the re- finement of debauchery ; who tortures his fancy and ransacks his memory only that 1 he may leave the world less virtuous than he found it ; that he may ...
... ment can be adequate to the crime of him who retires to solitude for the re- finement of debauchery ; who tortures his fancy and ransacks his memory only that 1 he may leave the world less virtuous than he found it ; that he may ...
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... ments * This word is not , I believe , authorised by any precedent , but I consider it as unexceptionable . L ments often grow into habits , and these again not ( 63 )
... ments * This word is not , I believe , authorised by any precedent , but I consider it as unexceptionable . L ments often grow into habits , and these again not ( 63 )
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... ments often grow into habits , and these again not unfrequently become principles of action . The mind being thus pliant , and naturally charmed with what is contrary to common observation , or what is in itself surprising or affecting ...
... ments often grow into habits , and these again not unfrequently become principles of action . The mind being thus pliant , and naturally charmed with what is contrary to common observation , or what is in itself surprising or affecting ...
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