Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... means , and means which are 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 ...
... means , and means which are 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 ...
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... mean to deliver a sermon instead of an essay . Now before a philo- sophical and literary society this would be rather ridiculous , almost as much so , as if attending a town - meeting on parish affairs , or of the subscribers to a ...
... mean to deliver a sermon instead of an essay . Now before a philo- sophical and literary society this would be rather ridiculous , almost as much so , as if attending a town - meeting on parish affairs , or of the subscribers to a ...
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... means . In further illustration of this maxim , that hypocrisy either depresses genius where it may be supposed to have originally existed , or itself exists only where genius is not found , it is remarkable , that in the whole series ...
... means . In further illustration of this maxim , that hypocrisy either depresses genius where it may be supposed to have originally existed , or itself exists only where genius is not found , it is remarkable , that in the whole series ...
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... means free from this imputation . Though they return not with a smile the smiles of man , they meet the luxuries of the table with an ar- dour surpassed by few ; and they are sorely belied , if they have not an equal relish for other ...
... means free from this imputation . Though they return not with a smile the smiles of man , they meet the luxuries of the table with an ar- dour surpassed by few ; and they are sorely belied , if they have not an equal relish for other ...
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... mean , an intrepid profligacy and a subtle hypocrisy may be so singularly blended , as at first view renders it something difficult to decide to what class they shall be assigned . Ma- homet and Cromwell effected great revolu- tions ...
... mean , an intrepid profligacy and a subtle hypocrisy may be so singularly blended , as at first view renders it something difficult to decide to what class they shall be assigned . Ma- homet and Cromwell effected great revolu- tions ...
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