He sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is so much more careful to please than to instruct, that he seems to write without any moral purpose. From his writings, indeed, a system of social duty may be selected, for he that thinks reasonably must think... The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D. - Página 141por Samuel Johnson - 1809Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
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...in books or in men. He sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is so much more careful to please than to instruct, that he seems to write without any moral...distribution of good or evil, nor is always careful to shew in the virtuous a disapprobation of the wicked ; he carries his persons indifferently through... | |
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| Joseph Wood Krutch - 1944 - 654 páginas
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