Essays on Various SubjectsJ. Johnson, 1809 - 158 páginas |
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... must not condemn this im- prudence with too much severity , lest we include in our censure many of the wisest and the best of men , who have done honour to to human nature . The mere man of the world THE REV . GEORGE WALKER . lix.
... must not condemn this im- prudence with too much severity , lest we include in our censure many of the wisest and the best of men , who have done honour to to human nature . The mere man of the world THE REV . GEORGE WALKER . lix.
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George Walker. to human nature . The mere man of the world , occupied in the common concern of business or amusement , may prescribe to himself such a stated regulation of his time , as is best adapted to the nature of his pur- suits ...
George Walker. to human nature . The mere man of the world , occupied in the common concern of business or amusement , may prescribe to himself such a stated regulation of his time , as is best adapted to the nature of his pur- suits ...
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... human comprehension : in our in- quiries upon these subjects , therefore , we are wandering only in uncertainty , and if at any time a gleam appear to break in upon us , it is only to render more visible the darkness , with which we are ...
... human comprehension : in our in- quiries upon these subjects , therefore , we are wandering only in uncertainty , and if at any time a gleam appear to break in upon us , it is only to render more visible the darkness , with which we are ...
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George Walker. tures of the wisest ancients as but the in fancy of human genius . Those sublime dis- coveries , which have raised the human in- tellect to such a height of glory , which have afforded the noblest proof of what the mind of ...
George Walker. tures of the wisest ancients as but the in fancy of human genius . Those sublime dis- coveries , which have raised the human in- tellect to such a height of glory , which have afforded the noblest proof of what the mind of ...
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... human weakness and human presumption . Bigotry and scepticism can scarcely find admittance to the heart of a mathematician . To doubt of truth was not the property of Pythagoras , Plato , Ba- con , Boyle , Huygens , Euler , Maclaurin ...
... human weakness and human presumption . Bigotry and scepticism can scarcely find admittance to the heart of a mathematician . To doubt of truth was not the property of Pythagoras , Plato , Ba- con , Boyle , Huygens , Euler , Maclaurin ...
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