Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... manners of those with whom we associate ; and particularly where we are taught to look up to them as our instructors , and the objects of our imitation . The benefit which society derives , therefore , from the exertions of an ...
... manners of those with whom we associate ; and particularly where we are taught to look up to them as our instructors , and the objects of our imitation . The benefit which society derives , therefore , from the exertions of an ...
Página xxxi
... manner unworthy of his exalted nature , could alone have occasioned this diffidence of himself in an exercise , which otherwise his general facility of ex- -pression must have rendered easy , and which was more consonant with his ...
... manner unworthy of his exalted nature , could alone have occasioned this diffidence of himself in an exercise , which otherwise his general facility of ex- -pression must have rendered easy , and which was more consonant with his ...
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... manner of worshipping " a supreme Being , they would compel every one to measure by their standard , and by " this means give offence to all of an open " ingenuous mind , and often bring the best " and noblest institutions into scandal ...
... manner of worshipping " a supreme Being , they would compel every one to measure by their standard , and by " this means give offence to all of an open " ingenuous mind , and often bring the best " and noblest institutions into scandal ...
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... manner than in his temper . - In short , in " him you will find a good scholar , a rational " popular preacher , a young man of irre- " proachable morals , a steady and an affec- ❝tionate friend . Thus , my dear sir , you " have the ...
... manner than in his temper . - In short , in " him you will find a good scholar , a rational " popular preacher , a young man of irre- " proachable morals , a steady and an affec- ❝tionate friend . Thus , my dear sir , you " have the ...
Página lxiv
... manner in which he operates in na- ture , and trace his stupendous power and greatness in the creation and government of the universe . It is a weakness incident to man , to over- rate the importance of that to which he is particularly ...
... manner in which he operates in na- ture , and trace his stupendous power and greatness in the creation and government of the universe . It is a weakness incident to man , to over- rate the importance of that to which he is particularly ...
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