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... character , as the uncompromi- sing foe of all that is vicious and wrong , and the zealous and able advocate of whatever is pure in morals or sacred in religion , that the Essays here offered to the public will be found to present their ...
... character , as the uncompromi- sing foe of all that is vicious and wrong , and the zealous and able advocate of whatever is pure in morals or sacred in religion , that the Essays here offered to the public will be found to present their ...
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... character and interest to the whole . Notwithstanding the great variety of topics here introduced , the reader will discover that there is a uniform and consistent design throughout ; inasmuch as all these topics concen- trate in a ...
... character and interest to the whole . Notwithstanding the great variety of topics here introduced , the reader will discover that there is a uniform and consistent design throughout ; inasmuch as all these topics concen- trate in a ...
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... character of such a man as Dr. Johnson ; and although it would consist neither with the limits of this publication nor its design , to occupy much space with these topics , still the work would manifestly be very incomplete without some ...
... character of such a man as Dr. Johnson ; and although it would consist neither with the limits of this publication nor its design , to occupy much space with these topics , still the work would manifestly be very incomplete without some ...
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... busy Housewife exemplified in the Character · The Afflictions common to all Mankind should incline us to bear more patiently our own Folly of Prodigality . 205 210 215 219 224 230 235 Page The Chamber of a Dying Friend the best School.
... busy Housewife exemplified in the Character · The Afflictions common to all Mankind should incline us to bear more patiently our own Folly of Prodigality . 205 210 215 219 224 230 235 Page The Chamber of a Dying Friend the best School.
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... Character necessary to Friendship Obidah and the Hermit : an Oriental Tale Vanity the Passion of Little Minds Universality of Hope 243 248 253 257 • 262 267 272 • · 277 281 The Character of a Man best known by his Conduct at Home 286 ...
... Character necessary to Friendship Obidah and the Hermit : an Oriental Tale Vanity the Passion of Little Minds Universality of Hope 243 248 253 257 • 262 267 272 • · 277 281 The Character of a Man best known by his Conduct at Home 286 ...
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Página 35 - ... devout prayer to that eternal Spirit who can enrich with all utterance and knowledge, and sends out his seraphim, with the hallowed fire of his altar, to touch and purify the lips of whom he pleases...
Página 242 - I have often thought that there has rarely passed a life of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful.
Página 28 - Johnson: one, in particular, praised his impartiality ; observing, that he dealt out reason and eloquence, with an equal hand to both parties. " That is not quite true," said Johnson ; " I saved appearances tolerably well; but I took care that the WHIG DOGS should not have the best of it.
Página 69 - Ay, but to die, and go we know not where ; To lie in cold obstruction, and to rot; This sensible warm motion to become A kneaded clod ; and the delighted spirit To bathe in fiery floods...
Página 242 - All joy or sorrow for the happiness or calamities of others is produced by an act of the imagination, that realizes the event however fictitious, or approximates it however remote, by placing us, for a time, in the condition of him whose fortune we contemplate; so that we feel, while the deception lasts, whatever motions would be excited by the same good or evil happening to ourselves.
Página 259 - We then relax our vigour, and resolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a distance, but rely upon our own constancy, and venture to approach what we resolve never to touch.
Página 245 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
Página 183 - ... to our happiness. There is certainly no greater felicity, than to be able to look back on a life usefully and virtuously employed ; to trace our own progress in existence, by such tokens as excite neither shame nor sorrow.
Página 272 - To be happy at home is the ultimate result of all ambition, the end to which every enterprise and labour tends, and of which every desire prompts the prosecution.
Página 100 - ... to obviate ; for such are the vicissitudes of the world, through all its parts, that day and night, labour and rest, hurry and retirement, endear each other ; such are the changes that keep the mind in action ; we desire, we pursue, we obtain, we are satiated ; we desire something else, and begin a new pursuit.