Life of JohnsonOxford University Press, 1953 - 1491 páginas |
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... consider that we have perfect and imperfect obliga- tions . Perfect obligations , which are generally not to do some- thing , are clear and positive ; as , " thou shalt not kill " . But charity , for instance , is not definable by ...
... consider that we have perfect and imperfect obliga- tions . Perfect obligations , which are generally not to do some- thing , are clear and positive ; as , " thou shalt not kill " . But charity , for instance , is not definable by ...
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... consider debt only as an inconvenience ; you will find it a calamity . Poverty takes away so many means of doing good , and produces so much inability to resist evil , both natural and moral , that it is by all virtuous means to be ...
... consider debt only as an inconvenience ; you will find it a calamity . Poverty takes away so many means of doing good , and produces so much inability to resist evil , both natural and moral , that it is by all virtuous means to be ...
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... consider what her flattery was worth , before she choaked him with it . " ' Now let the genuine anecdote be contrasted with this . The person thus represented as being harshly treated , though a very celebrated lady , 1 was then just ...
... consider what her flattery was worth , before she choaked him with it . " ' Now let the genuine anecdote be contrasted with this . The person thus represented as being harshly treated , though a very celebrated lady , 1 was then just ...
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Dedication to Sir Joshua Reynolds | 1 |
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Life of Samuel Johnson | 19 |
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