The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: Including a Journal of His Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1John W. Lovell Company, 1899 - Authors, English |
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Page 158
... Human Wishes " has less of common life , but more of a philosophic dignity , than his " London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of ...
... Human Wishes " has less of common life , but more of a philosophic dignity , than his " London . " More readers , therefore , will be delighted with the pointed spirit of " London , " than with the profound reflection of " The Vanity of ...
Page 159
... Human Wishes , ' which is as hard as Greek : had he gone on to imitate another satire , it would have been as hard as Hebrew . " 1 But " The Vanity of Human Wishes " is , in the opinion of the best judges , as high an effort of ethic ...
... Human Wishes , ' which is as hard as Greek : had he gone on to imitate another satire , it would have been as hard as Hebrew . " 1 But " The Vanity of Human Wishes " is , in the opinion of the best judges , as high an effort of ethic ...
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... human malignity , and wondered to hear a man , who , by his actions , shows so much benevolence , maintain that the human heart is naturally malevolent , and that all the benevolence we see in the few who are good is acquired by reason ...
... human malignity , and wondered to hear a man , who , by his actions , shows so much benevolence , maintain that the human heart is naturally malevolent , and that all the benevolence we see in the few who are good is acquired by reason ...
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