The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Including a Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1856 |
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... natural or moral knowledge , whether we in- tend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than publick Occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great mas- ter of nature , has not forgotten , in his ac- count of ...
... natural or moral knowledge , whether we in- tend to enlarge our science or increase our virtue , are more important than publick Occurrences . Thus Sallust , the great mas- ter of nature , has not forgotten , in his ac- count of ...
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... nature and characters only of manners . But I cannot help being of opin- An argument which does not convince It always appeared to me that he estima yourself , may convince the judge to whom ted the compositions of Richardson too you ...
... nature and characters only of manners . But I cannot help being of opin- An argument which does not convince It always appeared to me that he estima yourself , may convince the judge to whom ted the compositions of Richardson too you ...
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... natural visions , was not disrelished by him . He listened to all the tables of that nature which abound in the Highlands ; and , though no one fact was so well vouched as to command its par- ticular belief , he held that the thing was ...
... natural visions , was not disrelished by him . He listened to all the tables of that nature which abound in the Highlands ; and , though no one fact was so well vouched as to command its par- ticular belief , he held that the thing was ...
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