The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 3Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... wish , that our own opinion of our merit may be ratified by the concurrence of other suf- frages ; and since guilt and infamy must have the same effect upon intelligences unable to pierce be- yond external appearance , and influenced ...
... wish , that our own opinion of our merit may be ratified by the concurrence of other suf- frages ; and since guilt and infamy must have the same effect upon intelligences unable to pierce be- yond external appearance , and influenced ...
Pagina 118
... wish for riches ; a wish , indeed , so prevalent that it may be considered as universal and transcendental , as the desire in which all other desires are included , and of which the various purposes which actuate mankind are only ...
... wish for riches ; a wish , indeed , so prevalent that it may be considered as universal and transcendental , as the desire in which all other desires are included , and of which the various purposes which actuate mankind are only ...
Pagina 246
... wish is always pushed off to its former distance . At length fame is observed to be uncertain , and power to be dangerous ; the man whose vigour and alacrity begin to forsake him , by degrees contracts his designs , remits his former ...
... wish is always pushed off to its former distance . At length fame is observed to be uncertain , and power to be dangerous ; the man whose vigour and alacrity begin to forsake him , by degrees contracts his designs , remits his former ...
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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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