The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Pafraets Book Company, 1903 |
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... virtue would not withdraw the influence of her presence , or forbear to assert her natural dignity by open and undaunted perseverance in the right . Piety practised in solitude , like the flower that blooms in the desert , may give its ...
... virtue would not withdraw the influence of her presence , or forbear to assert her natural dignity by open and undaunted perseverance in the right . Piety practised in solitude , like the flower that blooms in the desert , may give its ...
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... virtues , will soon make himself superior to the seasons , and may set at defiance the morning mist , and the ... virtue or his reason to the most variable of all variations , the changes of the weather . No. 12. SATURDAY , JULY 1 ...
... virtues , will soon make himself superior to the seasons , and may set at defiance the morning mist , and the ... virtue or his reason to the most variable of all variations , the changes of the weather . No. 12. SATURDAY , JULY 1 ...
Pagina 261
Samuel Johnson. tially to virtue , and execute her commands without hesitation . To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence , which one of the Fathers observes to be not a virtue , but the ground - work of virtue . By ...
Samuel Johnson. tially to virtue , and execute her commands without hesitation . To set the mind above the appetites is the end of abstinence , which one of the Fathers observes to be not a virtue , but the ground - work of virtue . By ...
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NO PAGE 111 The pleasures and advantages of industry | 1 |
The itch of writing universal | 7 |
The folly of creating artificial wants | 14 |
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