Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... considered as directly opposite . Aye bowing , and always erect , are very con- trary deportments both of body and mind ; and yet by each men have risen to rank , and wealth , and power . Constant integrity and persevering industry ...
... considered as directly opposite . Aye bowing , and always erect , are very con- trary deportments both of body and mind ; and yet by each men have risen to rank , and wealth , and power . Constant integrity and persevering industry ...
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... considered as man enough even to be hated , unless in the first shock , which the mind feels in the discovery of his character . This would give a dignity to so debased a thing . He is only rejected , despised ; contempt excommunicates ...
... considered as man enough even to be hated , unless in the first shock , which the mind feels in the discovery of his character . This would give a dignity to so debased a thing . He is only rejected , despised ; contempt excommunicates ...
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... considered as an absolute saint by his people . On his death - bed , the conscience of this holy man broke through the re- straints in which it had been held , and brought to his view many secret trans- gressions , which the world knew ...
... considered as an absolute saint by his people . On his death - bed , the conscience of this holy man broke through the re- straints in which it had been held , and brought to his view many secret trans- gressions , which the world knew ...
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... considered as the admirer and advocate of profligacy . He condemns both characters ; but he confesses , that his abhorrence of the hypocrite is in- expressibly greater , and it was the purport of the essay , to state the reasons of this ...
... considered as the admirer and advocate of profligacy . He condemns both characters ; but he confesses , that his abhorrence of the hypocrite is in- expressibly greater , and it was the purport of the essay , to state the reasons of this ...
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... considered what he really knows , and what he does not know , of either . But the argument is conclusive only so far as our knowledge extends . No one is authorised to say that matter , in the disposal of Omnipotence , may not be ...
... considered what he really knows , and what he does not know , of either . But the argument is conclusive only so far as our knowledge extends . No one is authorised to say that matter , in the disposal of Omnipotence , may not be ...
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