In the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment was so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any applications to himself... The Rambler - Page 22by Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787Full view - About this book
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...the romances formerly written, every transaction and sentiment were so remote from all that passes among men, that the reader was in very little danger of making any application to himself: the virtues and crimes were equally beyond the sphere of his activity ; and... | |
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