Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Johnson, 1807 |
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Pàgina x
... Fortune 150 Usury 152 Youth and Age 157 Beauty 160 • Deformity 161 Building 163 Gardens 169 Negociating 178 • Followers and Friends 180 · Suitors 182 Studies 184 Faction 186 • Ceremonies and Respects 189 Praise 191 • Vain Glory 193 ...
... Fortune 150 Usury 152 Youth and Age 157 Beauty 160 • Deformity 161 Building 163 Gardens 169 Negociating 178 • Followers and Friends 180 · Suitors 182 Studies 184 Faction 186 • Ceremonies and Respects 189 Praise 191 • Vain Glory 193 ...
Pàgina xiv
... fortune and merit both have been eminent ; and you have planted things that are like to last . I do now publish my Essays ; which , of all my other works , have been most current : for that , as it seems , they come home to men's ...
... fortune and merit both have been eminent ; and you have planted things that are like to last . I do now publish my Essays ; which , of all my other works , have been most current : for that , as it seems , they come home to men's ...
Pàgina 23
... fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprizes , either of virtue or mischief . Certainly the best works , and of greatest merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which , both in affection ...
... fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprizes , either of virtue or mischief . Certainly the best works , and of greatest merit for the public , have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which , both in affection ...
Pàgina 27
... fortune . A man that is busy and inquisitive is commonly envious ; for to know much of other men's matters cannot be ... fortunes of others ; neither can he that mindeth but his own business find much matter for envy ; for envy is a ...
... fortune . A man that is busy and inquisitive is commonly envious ; for to know much of other men's matters cannot be ... fortunes of others ; neither can he that mindeth but his own business find much matter for envy ; for envy is a ...
Pàgina 28
... fortunes , and pointeth at them , and cometh oftener into their remembrance , and incurreth likewise more into the note of others ; and envy ever redoubleth from speech and fame . Cain's envy was the more vile and malignant towards his ...
... fortunes , and pointeth at them , and cometh oftener into their remembrance , and incurreth likewise more into the note of others ; and envy ever redoubleth from speech and fame . Cain's envy was the more vile and malignant towards his ...
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