Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... objects of our imitation . The benefit which society derives , therefore , from the exertions of an individual thus qualified for the arduous task of education , is altogether incalculable ; for the influence which is thus early ...
... objects of our imitation . The benefit which society derives , therefore , from the exertions of an individual thus qualified for the arduous task of education , is altogether incalculable ; for the influence which is thus early ...
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... objects . that had occupied his attention at different times , he observes that the Muses , willing to augment the number of their votaries , had at length retained him in their service , and had bound him fast with a chain , which it ...
... objects . that had occupied his attention at different times , he observes that the Muses , willing to augment the number of their votaries , had at length retained him in their service , and had bound him fast with a chain , which it ...
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... object to establish the funda- mental truths of natural and revealed religion , and thence to deduce such reflections , as were calculated to impress upon the minds of his pupils the excellence and necessity of those doctrines , which ...
... object to establish the funda- mental truths of natural and revealed religion , and thence to deduce such reflections , as were calculated to impress upon the minds of his pupils the excellence and necessity of those doctrines , which ...
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... object in nature , requires some forethought and consideration ; and to attempt it without these assistances " would be an affront to the audience , and " the Being before whom they are as- " sembled . " Notwithstanding his extreme ...
... object in nature , requires some forethought and consideration ; and to attempt it without these assistances " would be an affront to the audience , and " the Being before whom they are as- " sembled . " Notwithstanding his extreme ...
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... object that occasioned " them vanished from my sight . I then " walked idly sauntering along the shore , 66 gazing with a placid delight on the vast te ocean , and the endless uniformity of its 66 ' motion , " motion , when some high ...
... object that occasioned " them vanished from my sight . I then " walked idly sauntering along the shore , 66 gazing with a placid delight on the vast te ocean , and the endless uniformity of its 66 ' motion , " motion , when some high ...
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