 ... all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself; the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his sphere of activity; and he amused himself with heroes and with traitors, deliverers and persecutors,...  The Rambler. ... - Page 30by Samuel Johnson - 1752Full view - About this book
 | Samuel Johnson - 1750 - 296 pages
...making any applications to himfelf ; the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his fphere of activity ; and he amufed himfelf with heroes an'd with traitors,...another fpecies, whofe actions were regulated upon motif es of their own, and who had neither faults nor excellencies in common with himfelf. But when... | |
 | Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...making any applications to himfelf ; the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his fphere of activity ; and he amufed himfelf with heroes and with traitors,...and perfecutors,' as with beings of another fpecies, whole actions were regulated upon motives of their own, and who had neither faults nor excellencies... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 626 pages
...making any applications to himfelf ; the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his fphere of activity ; and he amufed himfelf with heroes and with traitors,...perfecutors, as with beings of another fpecies, whofe acctions were regulated upon motives of their own, and who had neither faults nor excellencies in common... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 pages
...himfelf with herces and with traitors, deliverers and perfecutors, as with beings of another fpeciev whofe actions were regulated upon motives of their own, and who had neither faults nor excellences in common with himfelf. But when an adventurer is levelled with the reft of the world,... | |
 | 1801 - 342 pages
...any applications to himfelf j the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his fphere of a£tivity ; and he amufed himfelf with, heroes and with traitors,...perfecutors, as with beings of another fpecies, whofe actionswere regulated upon motives of their own, and who had neither faults nor excellences in common... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...making any applications to himfelf; the virtues and crimes were equally beyond his fphere of activity; and he amufed himfelf with heroes and with traitors,...deliverers and perfecutors, as with beings of another fpecie?, whofe actions were regulated upon motives of their own, and who had neither faults nor excelJencies... | |
 | 1803 - 322 pages
...with heroes and with traitors, deliverers, and persecutors, as with beings of another species, whose actions were regulated upon motives of their own,...had neither faults nor excellencies in common with himself. But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1806 - 380 pages
...with heroes and with traitors, deliverers, and persecutors, as *vith beings of another species, whose actions were regulated upon motives of their own,...had neither faults nor excellencies in common with himself. But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of... | |
 | 1806 - 348 pages
...with heroes and with traitors, deliverers, and persecutors, a* with beings of another species, whose actions were regulated upon motives of their own,...had neither faults nor excellencies in common with himself. But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of... | |
 | Samuel Johnson - 1809 - 352 pages
...with heroes and with traitors, deliverers and persecutors, as with beings of another species, whose actions were regulated upon motives of their own,...had neither faults nor excellencies in common with himself. But when an adventurer is levelled with the rest of the world, and acts in such scenes of... | |
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