Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... human face divine , re- pel , though there is enough to interest the compassionate heart ; and it requires the ab- stract benevolence of a Howard , to repeat the visit to such scenes . Even a hero with an unwashed face , in a dirty ...
... human face divine , re- pel , though there is enough to interest the compassionate heart ; and it requires the ab- stract benevolence of a Howard , to repeat the visit to such scenes . Even a hero with an unwashed face , in a dirty ...
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... human character . Vil- lany united with grandeur of mind and great actions excites our indignation , but not unmixed with admiration ; while villany united with meanness and with no splendid display of talent , excites indeed our indig ...
... human character . Vil- lany united with grandeur of mind and great actions excites our indignation , but not unmixed with admiration ; while villany united with meanness and with no splendid display of talent , excites indeed our indig ...
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... human nature cannot sink . Yet such is the hypocrite . He is , in his soul as well as in his body , self - fettered , self - enslaved . But the profligate may have many pleasant and inviting traits about him , and be ac- cessible to ...
... human nature cannot sink . Yet such is the hypocrite . He is , in his soul as well as in his body , self - fettered , self - enslaved . But the profligate may have many pleasant and inviting traits about him , and be ac- cessible to ...
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... human conduct , the ruling prin- ciple will generally be observed . It was objected to the example of Richlieu , and to the author's application of this example , that hypocrisy was not strange to Richlieu , espe- cially in the early ...
... human conduct , the ruling prin- ciple will generally be observed . It was objected to the example of Richlieu , and to the author's application of this example , that hypocrisy was not strange to Richlieu , espe- cially in the early ...
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... human race , who crawl about , and fawn upon every one without distinction ; who are the friends and admirers of every one , without the capacity of knowing or feeling what in any one is the object of friendship or admiration . I have ...
... human race , who crawl about , and fawn upon every one without distinction ; who are the friends and admirers of every one , without the capacity of knowing or feeling what in any one is the object of friendship or admiration . I have ...
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