Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... render him inattentive to his own safety , of which the elder Pliny was a memorable example . But if horrour be associated with meanness and sordidness , the union offends , we fly with disgust from the sight . The stench , the ...
... render him inattentive to his own safety , of which the elder Pliny was a memorable example . But if horrour be associated with meanness and sordidness , the union offends , we fly with disgust from the sight . The stench , the ...
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... renders it something difficult to decide to what class they shall be assigned . Ma- homet and Cromwell effected great revolu- tions ; and if we estimate the mind and the talents of each by the magnitude of power to which they rose , we ...
... renders it something difficult to decide to what class they shall be assigned . Ma- homet and Cromwell effected great revolu- tions ; and if we estimate the mind and the talents of each by the magnitude of power to which they rose , we ...
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... rendered them careless of death , and in- trepid in battle , but he set them no example of personal courage ; his vices were those of a low and base mind , lust which knew no limit , and cruelty which knew no mercy ; in his hypocrisy I ...
... rendered them careless of death , and in- trepid in battle , but he set them no example of personal courage ; his vices were those of a low and base mind , lust which knew no limit , and cruelty which knew no mercy ; in his hypocrisy I ...
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... 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 about , and fawn upon every one without distinction ; who are the friends and ...
... 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 about , and fawn upon every one without distinction ; who are the friends and ...
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... rendered to their sentence , that it would be considered as a degree of scepticism to dispute it . It must be acknowledged , that this moral is fairly to be collected from the Iliad ; but whether Homer designed it , or no , and ...
... rendered to their sentence , that it would be considered as a degree of scepticism to dispute it . It must be acknowledged , that this moral is fairly to be collected from the Iliad ; but whether Homer designed it , or no , and ...
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