The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5Nichols, 1816 |
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... laws , and obeying them , is frequently forgotten ; he that acknow- ledges the obligations of morality , and pleases his vanity with enforcing them to others , concludes himself zealous in the cause of virtue , though he has no longer ...
... laws , and obeying them , is frequently forgotten ; he that acknow- ledges the obligations of morality , and pleases his vanity with enforcing them to others , concludes himself zealous in the cause of virtue , though he has no longer ...
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... laws , and ought to be conducted with some regard to the universal interest of man . Those may justly be pursued as enemies to the community of nature , who suffer hostility to vacate the unalterable laws of right , and pursue their ...
... laws , and ought to be conducted with some regard to the universal interest of man . Those may justly be pursued as enemies to the community of nature , who suffer hostility to vacate the unalterable laws of right , and pursue their ...
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... law by which every claim of right may be immediately adjusted as far as the private conscience requires to be informed ; a law , of which every man may find the exposition in his own breast , and which may always be observed without any ...
... law by which every claim of right may be immediately adjusted as far as the private conscience requires to be informed ; a law , of which every man may find the exposition in his own breast , and which may always be observed without any ...
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... laws which regard the great republick of mankind , and cannot justify such forbearance as may promote wicked- ness , and lessen the general confidence and security in which all have an equal interest , and which all are therefore bound ...
... laws which regard the great republick of mankind , and cannot justify such forbearance as may promote wicked- ness , and lessen the general confidence and security in which all have an equal interest , and which all are therefore bound ...
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... law . Being thus early possessed by a taste for solid knowledge , I passed my youth with very little dis- turbance from passions and appetites ; and having no pleasure in the company of boys and girls , who talked of plays , politicks ...
... law . Being thus early possessed by a taste for solid knowledge , I passed my youth with very little dis- turbance from passions and appetites ; and having no pleasure in the company of boys and girls , who talked of plays , politicks ...
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Page 137 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
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