Essays on Various Subjects, 2Johnson, 1809 |
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... Charles V , which was thought to have menaced a revival of the Roman em- pire , was humbled by the genius of this great , 4 great , though wicked minister , and feels the depression 12 ON HYPOCRISY AND OPEN PROFLIGACY .
... Charles V , which was thought to have menaced a revival of the Roman em- pire , was humbled by the genius of this great , 4 great , though wicked minister , and feels the depression 12 ON HYPOCRISY AND OPEN PROFLIGACY .
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... thought to have been long removed ; his surrounding friends were astonished , they wondered that so holy a man could have any apprehension of his future fate . Ah ! cried he , but I have been sly ! -True re- ligion looks to God more ...
... thought to have been long removed ; his surrounding friends were astonished , they wondered that so holy a man could have any apprehension of his future fate . Ah ! cried he , but I have been sly ! -True re- ligion looks to God more ...
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... thought himself justified in considering Richlieu as a profligate , and as illustrating his general observation , that grandeur , and a towering grandeur of mind , may be found in the profligate , but seldom if ever in the hypocrite ...
... thought himself justified in considering Richlieu as a profligate , and as illustrating his general observation , that grandeur , and a towering grandeur of mind , may be found in the profligate , but seldom if ever in the hypocrite ...
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... thoughts of all around him by the superiority of his genius he triumphed not over Arabians , but over the wisest and the greatest men of an enlight- ened and gallant age ; -- in the witty language of the sarcastic Bishop of Gloucester ...
... thoughts of all around him by the superiority of his genius he triumphed not over Arabians , but over the wisest and the greatest men of an enlight- ened and gallant age ; -- in the witty language of the sarcastic Bishop of Gloucester ...
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... thought on so in- teresting a subject , I am persuaded , that no- thing amounting to demonstrative convic- tion is to be acquired in favour either of the materiality or immateriality of the human soul . Probability is all that is to be ...
... thought on so in- teresting a subject , I am persuaded , that no- thing amounting to demonstrative convic- tion is to be acquired in favour either of the materiality or immateriality of the human soul . Probability is all that is to be ...
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