The Works of Samuel Johnson, L. L. D.: In Twelve Volumes, Volumen8William Durell, 1811 |
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... desire to be a writer ? Yet is not this Letter without some sentiments , which , though not new , are of great importance , and may be read with pleasure in the thousandth repeti- tion . " Whatever we enjoy is purely a free gift from ...
... desire to be a writer ? Yet is not this Letter without some sentiments , which , though not new , are of great importance , and may be read with pleasure in the thousandth repeti- tion . " Whatever we enjoy is purely a free gift from ...
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... desire ; a pretence which must eternally subsist ; because , were we ever so much higher , there would be still room for infinite power to exalt us ; and since no link in the chain can be broke , the same reason for disquiet must remain ...
... desire ; a pretence which must eternally subsist ; because , were we ever so much higher , there would be still room for infinite power to exalt us ; and since no link in the chain can be broke , the same reason for disquiet must remain ...
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... desire inherent in mathematicians to reduce every thing to mathematical images , considers all existence as a cone , allows that the basis is at an infinite distance from the body . And in this distance between finite and infinite ...
... desire inherent in mathematicians to reduce every thing to mathematical images , considers all existence as a cone , allows that the basis is at an infinite distance from the body . And in this distance between finite and infinite ...
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... desire , and therefore neither can easily force its way against prejudice and obstinacy ; each will have its . excellencies and defects , and every man , with a little help from pride , may think his own the best . It seems to be the ...
... desire , and therefore neither can easily force its way against prejudice and obstinacy ; each will have its . excellencies and defects , and every man , with a little help from pride , may think his own the best . It seems to be the ...
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... two years that power which he had resigned for seven . Few love their friends so well as not to desire superiority by unexpensive benefaction . Yet , notwithstanding all these motives to compliance , the 86 THE FALSE ALARM .
... two years that power which he had resigned for seven . Few love their friends so well as not to desire superiority by unexpensive benefaction . Yet , notwithstanding all these motives to compliance , the 86 THE FALSE ALARM .
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