The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 21822 |
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... mankind away at the time we have the greatest need of tenderness and assistance . But though peevishness may sometimes claim our compassion , as the consequence or concomitant of misery , it is very often found where nothing can justify ...
... mankind away at the time we have the greatest need of tenderness and assistance . But though peevishness may sometimes claim our compassion , as the consequence or concomitant of misery , it is very often found where nothing can justify ...
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... mankind when they have no particular motives to suppress it . Critics , like the rest of mankind , are very fre- quently misled by interest . The bigotry with which editors regard the authors whom they illustrate or correct has been ...
... mankind when they have no particular motives to suppress it . Critics , like the rest of mankind , are very fre- quently misled by interest . The bigotry with which editors regard the authors whom they illustrate or correct has been ...
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... mankind . Books , says Bacon , can never teach the use of books . The student must learn by commerce with mankind to reduce his speculations to practice , and accommodate his knowledge to the purposes of life . It is too common for ...
... mankind . Books , says Bacon , can never teach the use of books . The student must learn by commerce with mankind to reduce his speculations to practice , and accommodate his knowledge to the purposes of life . It is too common for ...
Contents
Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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