The Rambler, by S. Johnson, Volume 41806 |
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... sometimes permitted fancy to dic- tate the laws by which fancy ought to be restrained , and fallacy to perplex the principles by which fal- lacy is to be detected ; her superintendance of others has betrayed her to negligence of herself ...
... sometimes permitted fancy to dic- tate the laws by which fancy ought to be restrained , and fallacy to perplex the principles by which fal- lacy is to be detected ; her superintendance of others has betrayed her to negligence of herself ...
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... sometimes be more properly ascribed to the vigour of the writer than the justness of the design : and instead of vindicat- ing tragi - comedy by the success of Shakespeare , we ought perhaps to pay new honours to that transcendant and ...
... sometimes be more properly ascribed to the vigour of the writer than the justness of the design : and instead of vindicat- ing tragi - comedy by the success of Shakespeare , we ought perhaps to pay new honours to that transcendant and ...
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... sometimes recommend- ed to weak judgments by the lustre which they obtain from their union with excellence ; but it is the business of those who presume to superintend the taste or morals of mankind , to separate delu- 1 sive ...
... sometimes recommend- ed to weak judgments by the lustre which they obtain from their union with excellence ; but it is the business of those who presume to superintend the taste or morals of mankind , to separate delu- 1 sive ...
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... sometimes exclude pleasure , but seldom opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse . It is observed somewhere , that " few have re- " pented of having forborne to speak . " To excite opposition , and inflame malevolence , is the unhappy ...
... sometimes exclude pleasure , but seldom opens any avenue to sorrow or remorse . It is observed somewhere , that " few have re- " pented of having forborne to speak . " To excite opposition , and inflame malevolence , is the unhappy ...
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... sometimes too strongly in- fluenced by honest prejudices of friendship , or the prevalence of virtuous compassion . For whatever cool reason may direct , it is not easy for a man of tender and scrupulous goodness to overlook the ...
... sometimes too strongly in- fluenced by honest prejudices of friendship , or the prevalence of virtuous compassion . For whatever cool reason may direct , it is not easy for a man of tender and scrupulous goodness to overlook the ...
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