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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. - Page 23
by Samuel Johnson - 1806
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1801 - 460 pages
...which are laid by TREACHERY for INNOCENCE, without infufing any wifh for that fuperiority with jy* .' which the betrayer flatters his vanity ; to give the...of counteracting fraud, without the temptation to practife it ; to initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of neceflary defence, and to encreafe...
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Select British Classics, Volume 5

1803 - 322 pages
...the account ; or why it may not be as safe to turn the eye immediately upon mankind as upon a mirror, which shews all that presents itself without discrimination....counteracting fraud, "without the temptation, to practise it ; initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of necessary defence, and to increase prudence without...
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ...

Hugh Murray - 1805 - 188 pages
...writings is, surely, not only to shew mankind, but to provide that they may be seen hereafter with the less hazard; to teach? the means of avoiding the snares...that superiority with which the betrayer flatters his vani. ry; to give the power of counteracting fraud without the temptation to practise it; to initiate...
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Morality of Fiction: Or, An Inquiry Into the Tendency of Fictitious ...

Hugh Murray - 1805 - 206 pages
...writings is, surely, not only to shew mankind, but to provide that they may be seen hereafter with the less hazard; to teach the means of avoiding the snares...that superiority with which the betrayer flatters his vani. ty ! to give fhc power of counteracting fraud without the temptation to practice it ; to initiate...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With An Essay on His Life and ..., Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 462 pages
...frequently to make men cunning than good. The purpose of these writings is surely not only to show mankind, but to provide that they may be seen hereafter...INNOCENCE, without infusing any wish for that superiority M'ith which the betrayer flatters his vanity; to give the power of counteracting fraud, without the...
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Encyclopædia Britannica: or, A dictionary of arts and sciences ..., Volume 15

Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 814 pages
...the mares which are laid by TREACHERY for INNOCENCE, without eniuring any wiih for that fuperiority with which the betrayer flatters his vanity ; to give...of counteracting fraud, without the temptation to praelioe it ; to initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of neceflkry known we had before us all...
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The British Essayists; with Prefaces, Historical and Biographical,: The Rambler

Alexander Chalmers - 1811 - 394 pages
...narrative, that the train of events is agreeable to observation and experience, for that observation vrhich is called knowledge of the world will be found much...of counteracting fraud, without the temptation to practice it ; to initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of necessary defence, and to increase...
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Works, Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 394 pages
...frequently to make men cunning than good. The purpose of these writings is surely not only to show mankind, but to provide that they may be seen hereafter...which are laid by Treachery for Innocence, without infusing*any wish for that superiority with which the betrayer flatters his vanity ; to give the power...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 4

Samuel Johnson - 1816 - 524 pages
...frequently to make men cunning than good. The purpose of these writings is surely not only to show mankind, but to provide that they may be seen hereafter...betrayer flatters his vanity ; to give the power of counteractingfraud, without the temptation to practise it; to initiate youth by mock encounters in...
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the Arts ..., Volume 16

1816 - 778 pages
...the fnares which are laid by TREACHERY for INNOCENCE, without inducing any wilh for that fuperiority with which the betrayer flatters his vanity ; to give...of counteracting fraud, without the temptation to practife it; to initiate youth by mock encounters in the art of neceflary defence ; and to increafe...
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