Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... luxury and corrupt manners in learned nations alone . But with a more discerning eye , and a less prejudiced mind , he would have found them with equal ex- cess , and with equal or more deformity , in rude and illiterate nations . The ...
... luxury and corrupt manners in learned nations alone . But with a more discerning eye , and a less prejudiced mind , he would have found them with equal ex- cess , and with equal or more deformity , in rude and illiterate nations . The ...
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... luxury and corruption . Rousseau seems to feel the difficulty of fixing immediately upon learning the crime of luxury and its corrupt attendants ; but he is more at home when he refers them di- rectly to the arts , which he supposes to ...
... luxury and corruption . Rousseau seems to feel the difficulty of fixing immediately upon learning the crime of luxury and its corrupt attendants ; but he is more at home when he refers them di- rectly to the arts , which he supposes to ...
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... luxury and the corrupt manners , which are justly supposed to be in her train . A nation ignorant of and unexperienced in the arts will and must , in proportion as it is possessed of the means , be luxurious and corrupt . Indolent ease ...
... luxury and the corrupt manners , which are justly supposed to be in her train . A nation ignorant of and unexperienced in the arts will and must , in proportion as it is possessed of the means , be luxurious and corrupt . Indolent ease ...
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... luxurious and corrupt mind seizes upon , but they are innocent of the misuse , they neither suggest nor favour the misuse . The earth itself produces a very considerable part of the food of luxury . Is very 118 ON LEARNING AND THE ARTS .
... luxurious and corrupt mind seizes upon , but they are innocent of the misuse , they neither suggest nor favour the misuse . The earth itself produces a very considerable part of the food of luxury . Is very 118 ON LEARNING AND THE ARTS .
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George Walker. very considerable part of the food of luxury . Is the earth to be accused as the criminal minister of luxury ? The earth and science and the arts are all liberal in their gifts to man ; these gifts are in their nature ...
George Walker. very considerable part of the food of luxury . Is the earth to be accused as the criminal minister of luxury ? The earth and science and the arts are all liberal in their gifts to man ; these gifts are in their nature ...
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