Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... supposed to have originally existed , or itself exists only where genius is not found , it is remarkable , that in the whole series of Roman pontiffs , not one example of true magnanimity and grandeur of soul is to be found . The Romish ...
... supposed to have originally existed , or itself exists only where genius is not found , it is remarkable , that in the whole series of Roman pontiffs , not one example of true magnanimity and grandeur of soul is to be found . The Romish ...
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... supposed , when abstract character is the subject of consideration . He did not there- fore apprehend , that in this he could be mis- construed , or that his reasoning would be judged to be unfounded , because a portion of hypocrisy is ...
... supposed , when abstract character is the subject of consideration . He did not there- fore apprehend , that in this he could be mis- construed , or that his reasoning would be judged to be unfounded , because a portion of hypocrisy is ...
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... supposed an infinity of minute indivisible material atoms , whirl- ed round in vortices , and by their collision and the continuance of this vertiginous mo- tion , without any other aid , thought that he had composed this sublime ...
... supposed an infinity of minute indivisible material atoms , whirl- ed round in vortices , and by their collision and the continuance of this vertiginous mo- tion , without any other aid , thought that he had composed this sublime ...
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... supposed to be favourable to the doctrine of materialism , but in this the advocates for materialism appear to me to be miserably deceived ; for if any subject- be singularly adverse to them , it is that of motion . In the motions which ...
... supposed to be favourable to the doctrine of materialism , but in this the advocates for materialism appear to me to be miserably deceived ; for if any subject- be singularly adverse to them , it is that of motion . In the motions which ...
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... supposed to have been the first immediate cause , a rectilinear and not a rotatory motion would have been the ef- fect of a simple impulse of some huge body on our Earth . But if such impulse be in- competent to the effect , and if such ...
... supposed to have been the first immediate cause , a rectilinear and not a rotatory motion would have been the ef- fect of a simple impulse of some huge body on our Earth . But if such impulse be in- competent to the effect , and if such ...
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