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Samuel Johnson. performances of other nations . It contains indeed juft fentiments , maxims of wisdom , and oracles of piety , and many paffages written with the antient fpirit of choral poetry , in- which there is a juft and pleafing ...
Samuel Johnson. performances of other nations . It contains indeed juft fentiments , maxims of wisdom , and oracles of piety , and many paffages written with the antient fpirit of choral poetry , in- which there is a juft and pleafing ...
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... juft and prudent to dif countenance . Benefits which are received as gifts from wealth , are exacted as debts from indigence ; and he that in a high station is celebrated for his generofity , would in a meaner condition have barely been ...
... juft and prudent to dif countenance . Benefits which are received as gifts from wealth , are exacted as debts from indigence ; and he that in a high station is celebrated for his generofity , would in a meaner condition have barely been ...
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... or forced conceits . But the greater part of their praise seems to have the juft re- ward of modefty and labour . Their fenfe of human human weakness confined them commonly to one study , which 280 The RAMBLER . N ° 169 .
... or forced conceits . But the greater part of their praise seems to have the juft re- ward of modefty and labour . Their fenfe of human human weakness confined them commonly to one study , which 280 The RAMBLER . N ° 169 .
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An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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