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... affection , the importunities of appetite , or the depressions of fear ... Johnson takes great pains to see that he himself in his writing is not free of the reality from which one sort of abstract writer is temporarily exempt . His ...
... affection , the importunities of appetite , or the depressions of fear ... Johnson takes great pains to see that he himself in his writing is not free of the reality from which one sort of abstract writer is temporarily exempt . His ...
Page 127
... affection may be termed benevolence , but can hardly rise to friendship ; for the narrow limits of the human mind allow it not intensely to contemplate more than one idea . As we love one more we must love another less ; and however ...
... affection may be termed benevolence , but can hardly rise to friendship ; for the narrow limits of the human mind allow it not intensely to contemplate more than one idea . As we love one more we must love another less ; and however ...
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... affections , so as thereby to move him to pity or compassion . This , indeed , is the most usual and effectual way to ... affection , as he is of quantity or corporeity , is not to be dealt with this way .... In all passion , the mind ...
... affections , so as thereby to move him to pity or compassion . This , indeed , is the most usual and effectual way to ... affection , as he is of quantity or corporeity , is not to be dealt with this way .... In all passion , the mind ...
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Almost every man will be found to have enlisted | 10 |
Discoursing like an angel living like a | 21 |
The System of Life | 42 |
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