Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... give a dignity to so debased a thing . He is only rejected , despised ; contempt excommunicates him , as unfit for , as below the commerce of man . This is a decisive circumstance , and more perhaps than any other accounts for the ab ...
... give a dignity to so debased a thing . He is only rejected , despised ; contempt excommunicates him , as unfit for , as below the commerce of man . This is a decisive circumstance , and more perhaps than any other accounts for the ab ...
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... give . But there are other forms of hypocrisy , to which only contempt is rendered , but like that with which we should tread upon , or shrink from , the most disgustful reptile . These are the reptiles of the human race , who crawl ...
... give . But there are other forms of hypocrisy , to which only contempt is rendered , but like that with which we should tread upon , or shrink from , the most disgustful reptile . These are the reptiles of the human race , who crawl ...
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... give a name to this inherent principle , expressive of its character . But it must never be forgotten , that this name argues no knowledge , and conveys no intelligence of the nature or essence of this inherent principle , or how it ...
... give a name to this inherent principle , expressive of its character . But it must never be forgotten , that this name argues no knowledge , and conveys no intelligence of the nature or essence of this inherent principle , or how it ...
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... give a name ; we class these species under this name , denominate them a genus , and consider this common nature as their generic difference . In this manner the numerous beings , which occupy this globe , are successively ranged under ...
... give a name ; we class these species under this name , denominate them a genus , and consider this common nature as their generic difference . In this manner the numerous beings , which occupy this globe , are successively ranged under ...
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... give to them a common name , but the name would have no meaning , because not founded in any truth that we know ; the name would be the proclamation of folly , presumption , or a de- liberate intention to deceive . I will how- ever ...
... give to them a common name , but the name would have no meaning , because not founded in any truth that we know ; the name would be the proclamation of folly , presumption , or a de- liberate intention to deceive . I will how- ever ...
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