Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... .. " I. It is observed , as a feature of the hu- man mind , that objects , which are grand , though horrid , attract attention , and often admiration , B 3 admiration , so as in some degree to lessen the ON HYPOCRISY AND OPEN PROFLIGACY .
... .. " I. It is observed , as a feature of the hu- man mind , that objects , which are grand , though horrid , attract attention , and often admiration , B 3 admiration , so as in some degree to lessen the ON HYPOCRISY AND OPEN PROFLIGACY .
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... object of this essay . The hypocrites of common life almost universally present a low , prostrate mind , destitute of spirit , pas- sion , and sympathy . Very civil , and highly dressed both in smile and gesture ; they meet every one ...
... object of this essay . The hypocrites of common life almost universally present a low , prostrate mind , destitute of spirit , pas- sion , and sympathy . Very civil , and highly dressed both in smile and gesture ; they meet every one ...
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... object of friendship or admiration . I have insensibly , in this second part of my essay , intermixed the two views in which I proposed to compare the characters , and form the estimate of each , viz . the natural turpitude of each ...
... object of friendship or admiration . I have insensibly , in this second part of my essay , intermixed the two views in which I proposed to compare the characters , and form the estimate of each , viz . the natural turpitude of each ...
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... 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 myself , that the mind , or thinking part of man , is a being ...
... 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 myself , that the mind , or thinking part of man , is a being ...
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... object of the first venera- tion ; and he seemed to think it the noblest triumph of genius , to be ' adorned with the spoils of this illustrious Grecian . It is not , however , my intention , to dis- cuss the general question of the ...
... object of the first venera- tion ; and he seemed to think it the noblest triumph of genius , to be ' adorned with the spoils of this illustrious Grecian . It is not , however , my intention , to dis- cuss the general question of the ...
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