Amelia (cont.) Essay on conversation. Essay on the knowledge of the characters of menJ. Johnson, 1806 |
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... nature , that I should be unjust if I blamed him for being offended ; fool and idiot were both plentifully bestowed in it as ' well on himself as on his wife . But what , per- haps , had principally offended him , was that part ⚫ which ...
... nature , that I should be unjust if I blamed him for being offended ; fool and idiot were both plentifully bestowed in it as ' well on himself as on his wife . But what , per- haps , had principally offended him , was that part ⚫ which ...
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... nature to be plucked ' out by all the power of his wife . So far , how- ever , she prevailed , that though he died possessed of upwards of 2000. he left me no more than 1007. which , as he expressed in his will , was to set me up in ...
... nature to be plucked ' out by all the power of his wife . So far , how- ever , she prevailed , that though he died possessed of upwards of 2000. he left me no more than 1007. which , as he expressed in his will , was to set me up in ...
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... nature to lend him the sum of twenty pounds , for which he only accepted his bond for forty , and which was to be paid within a year after his being possessed of his living ; that is , within a year after his becoming qualified to hold ...
... nature to lend him the sum of twenty pounds , for which he only accepted his bond for forty , and which was to be paid within a year after his being possessed of his living ; that is , within a year after his becoming qualified to hold ...
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... natural fire and energy . His flattery had made such a dupe ' of my aunt , that she assented , without the least suspicion of his sincerity , to all he said ; so sure is vanity to weaken every fortress of the under- ' standing , and to ...
... natural fire and energy . His flattery had made such a dupe ' of my aunt , that she assented , without the least suspicion of his sincerity , to all he said ; so sure is vanity to weaken every fortress of the under- ' standing , and to ...
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... nature , ⚫ condescension , and other good qualities , by the fondness he shewed to my child , and the contempt ' he seemed to express for his finery , which so greatly became him ; for I cannot deny , but that he was ' the handsomest ...
... nature , ⚫ condescension , and other good qualities , by the fondness he shewed to my child , and the contempt ' he seemed to express for his finery , which so greatly became him ; for I cannot deny , but that he was ' the handsomest ...
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Page 418 - But woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye shut up the kingdom of heaven against men: for ye neither go in yourselves, neither suffer ye them that are entering to go in. Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye devour widows' houses and for a pretence make long prayer: therefore ye shall receive the greater damnation.
Page 419 - Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter!
Page 255 - Do you not know, * doctor, that this is as corrupt a nation as ever * existed under the sun ? And would you think of ' governing such a people by the strict principles of •
Page 421 - For they bind heavy burdens and grievous to be borne, and lay them on men's shoulders; but they themselves will not move them with one of their fingers.
Page 364 - Good-breeding then, or the Art of pleasing in Conversation, is expressed two different ways, viz., in our actions and our words, and our conduct in both may be reduced to that concise, comprehensive rule in Scripture: Do unto all men as you would they should do unto you.
Page 144 - The nature of man is far from being in itself evil: it abounds with benevolence, charity, and pity, coveting praise and honour, and shunning shame and disgrace. Bad education, bad habits, and bad customs, debauch our nature, and drive it headlong as it were into vice.
Page 403 - Thus while the crafty and designing part of mankind, consulting only their own separate advantage, endeavour to maintain one constant imposition on others, the whole world becomes a vast masquerade, where the greatest part appear disguised under false vizors and habits...
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