Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... possessed . These opportunities of public good the ac- tive benevolence of his disposition did not permit him to pass unimproved ; but on every occasion , in which his services might be beneficially employed , he exerted himself with a ...
... possessed . These opportunities of public good the ac- tive benevolence of his disposition did not permit him to pass unimproved ; but on every occasion , in which his services might be beneficially employed , he exerted himself with a ...
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... possessed an enlarged and comprehensive knowledge of mankind , drawn from his own experience , and that of past ages , which taught him , that , as no state derived it's greatness from fortuitous circumstances alone , so none ever fell ...
... possessed an enlarged and comprehensive knowledge of mankind , drawn from his own experience , and that of past ages , which taught him , that , as no state derived it's greatness from fortuitous circumstances alone , so none ever fell ...
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... possessed sufficient courage and wis- dom to oppose themselves to the mad pro- jects of the minister . To the animosities thus wickedly excited may be attributed the popular excesses at Birmingham . In the town also in which Mr. Walker ...
... possessed sufficient courage and wis- dom to oppose themselves to the mad pro- jects of the minister . To the animosities thus wickedly excited may be attributed the popular excesses at Birmingham . In the town also in which Mr. Walker ...
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George Walker. if he thought as he wrote , that a mania had possessed man from a very early period , and that in his day this mania had risen to its greatest height . It was well that the ques- tion did not come to issue between him and ...
George Walker. if he thought as he wrote , that a mania had possessed man from a very early period , and that in his day this mania had risen to its greatest height . It was well that the ques- tion did not come to issue between him and ...
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... possessed of more nice discern- ment , more accuracy in weighing every thing in the scale of sober judgement , more facility in resolving , combining , comparing , deciding ; so that if imposture must haunt the best walks of life , no ...
... possessed of more nice discern- ment , more accuracy in weighing every thing in the scale of sober judgement , more facility in resolving , combining , comparing , deciding ; so that if imposture must haunt the best walks of life , no ...
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