Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... less detestable than one , which is foul all over ; and for this judgment the author did not expect , that he should be considered as the admirer and advocate of profligacy . He condemns both characters ; but he confesses , that his ...
... less detestable than one , which is foul all over ; and for this judgment the author did not expect , that he should be considered as the admirer and advocate of profligacy . He condemns both characters ; but he confesses , that his ...
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... less touching interest , but is of im- mense importance to the great mass of the community , the creditor and the debtor , are infused by these unsuspected , and appa- rently harmless animalcules . Observant of every unguarded moment ...
... less touching interest , but is of im- mense importance to the great mass of the community , the creditor and the debtor , are infused by these unsuspected , and appa- rently harmless animalcules . Observant of every unguarded moment ...
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... less injurious to society than the profligate . The one works his mischief openly , the other with fraud and disguise ; if this be all the difference , it must be a nice scale that weighs it . But to estimate the comparative extent of ...
... less injurious to society than the profligate . The one works his mischief openly , the other with fraud and disguise ; if this be all the difference , it must be a nice scale that weighs it . But to estimate the comparative extent of ...
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... less probability of either supposition . The prosecution of the object of my essay , to which without further preamble I immediately pro- ceed , will enable you to judge , whether on weak or satisfactory grounds I have con- cluded for ...
... less probability of either supposition . The prosecution of the object of my essay , to which without further preamble I immediately pro- ceed , will enable you to judge , whether on weak or satisfactory grounds I have con- cluded for ...
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... less regulated provinces of taste and criticism , and her influence be found equally injurious to truth in each . It has been said , that , when system begins , genius ends . This , like many other bold maxims , the very boldness of ...
... less regulated provinces of taste and criticism , and her influence be found equally injurious to truth in each . It has been said , that , when system begins , genius ends . This , like many other bold maxims , the very boldness of ...
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