Essays, Moral, Economical and PoliticalJ. Johnson, 1807 |
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Pàgina 21
... noble works , are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the no- blest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men , which have sought to express the images of their minds , where those of their bodies have failed ; so ...
... noble works , are proper to men : and surely a man shall see the no- blest works and foundations have proceeded from childless men , which have sought to express the images of their minds , where those of their bodies have failed ; so ...
Pàgina 27
... noble birth are noted to be envious to- wards new men when they rise ; for the distance is altered ; and it is like a deceit of the eye , that when others come on they think themselves go back . Deformed persons and eunuchs , and old ...
... noble birth are noted to be envious to- wards new men when they rise ; for the distance is altered ; and it is like a deceit of the eye , that when others come on they think themselves go back . Deformed persons and eunuchs , and old ...
Pàgina 29
... noble blood are less envied in their rising ; for it seemeth but right done to their birth : besides , there seemeth not much added to their for- tune ; and envy is as the sun - beams , that beat hotter upon a bank , or steep rising ...
... noble blood are less envied in their rising ; for it seemeth but right done to their birth : besides , there seemeth not much added to their for- tune ; and envy is as the sun - beams , that beat hotter upon a bank , or steep rising ...
Pàgina 33
... noble objects , should do nothing but kneel before a little idol , and make himself a subject , though not of the mouth , ( as beasts are ) yet of the eye , which was D given him for higher purposes . It is a strange OF LOVE . 33.
... noble objects , should do nothing but kneel before a little idol , and make himself a subject , though not of the mouth , ( as beasts are ) yet of the eye , which was D given him for higher purposes . It is a strange OF LOVE . 33.
Pàgina 40
... noble parts of invention , elocution , and the rest ; nay almost alone , as if it were all in all . But the reason is plain . There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise ; and therefore those faculties by which ...
... noble parts of invention , elocution , and the rest ; nay almost alone , as if it were all in all . But the reason is plain . There is in human nature generally more of the fool than of the wise ; and therefore those faculties by which ...
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