The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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Pagina 148
... praise or blame without regard to jus- tice , is to destroy the distinction of good and evil . Many have no other test of actions than general opinion ; and all are so far influenced by a sense of reputation , that they are often ...
... praise or blame without regard to jus- tice , is to destroy the distinction of good and evil . Many have no other test of actions than general opinion ; and all are so far influenced by a sense of reputation , that they are often ...
Pagina 283
... praise of beauty , and endeavoured to accommodate some classical compliments to the present occasion . I sunk into profound meditation , revolved the characters of the heroines of old , considered whatever the poets have sung in their ...
... praise of beauty , and endeavoured to accommodate some classical compliments to the present occasion . I sunk into profound meditation , revolved the characters of the heroines of old , considered whatever the poets have sung in their ...
Pagina 323
... praise . Yet we see men that waste their patri- mony in luxury , destroy their health with debauch- ery , and enervate their minds with idleness , because there have been some whom luxury never could sink into contempt , nor idleness ...
... praise . Yet we see men that waste their patri- mony in luxury , destroy their health with debauch- ery , and enervate their minds with idleness , because there have been some whom luxury never could sink into contempt , nor idleness ...
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The dangers of imitation The impropriety of imitating Spenser | 56 |
A criticism on the English historians | 62 |
The young trader turned gentleman | 69 |
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