The works of Samuel Johnson, Volumen3G. Offor, 1818 |
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... prevalence of curiosity . The character of Nuga- culus . 119 104 The original of flattery . The meanness of venal praise 105 The universal register , a dream 124 128 106 The vanity of an author's expectations . Reasons why.
... prevalence of curiosity . The character of Nuga- culus . 119 104 The original of flattery . The meanness of venal praise 105 The universal register , a dream 124 128 106 The vanity of an author's expectations . Reasons why.
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Samuel Johnson. 106 The vanity of an author's expectations . Reasons why good authors are sometimes neglected • 107 Properantia's hopes of a year of confusion . The mise- ry of prostitutes 109 Life sufficient to all purposes if well ...
Samuel Johnson. 106 The vanity of an author's expectations . Reasons why good authors are sometimes neglected • 107 Properantia's hopes of a year of confusion . The mise- ry of prostitutes 109 Life sufficient to all purposes if well ...
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... vanity and interest , and not only look upon those who act with openness and confidence , as con- demned by their principles to obscurity and want , but as contemptible for narrowness of comprehension , short- ness of views , and ...
... vanity and interest , and not only look upon those who act with openness and confidence , as con- demned by their principles to obscurity and want , but as contemptible for narrowness of comprehension , short- ness of views , and ...
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... vanity of inquisitiveness ; how much more rarely he condescended to satisfy curi- osity , than to relieve distress ; and how much he desi- red that his followers should rather excel in goodness than in knowledge . His precepts tend ...
... vanity of inquisitiveness ; how much more rarely he condescended to satisfy curi- osity , than to relieve distress ; and how much he desi- red that his followers should rather excel in goodness than in knowledge . His precepts tend ...
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... Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice , that we , for the most part , summon our powers to op- pose it without any very accurate inquiry whether it is right . It is sufficient that another is growing great in his own ...
... Vanity is so frequently the apparent motive of advice , that we , for the most part , summon our powers to op- pose it without any very accurate inquiry whether it is right . It is sufficient that another is growing great in his own ...
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