The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 5F.C. and J. Rivington, 1823 |
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... scrupulosity till they shall more embarrass the writer than assist the reader or delight him . The first state is commonly antecedent to the • practice of writing ; the ignorant essays of imper- fect N ° 63 . 253 THE IDLER .
... scrupulosity till they shall more embarrass the writer than assist the reader or delight him . The first state is commonly antecedent to the • practice of writing ; the ignorant essays of imper- fect N ° 63 . 253 THE IDLER .
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... scrupulosity . Let it be always remembered that life is short , that knowledge is endless , and that many doubts deserve not to be cleared . Let those whom nature and study have qualified to teach mankind , tell us what they have ...
... scrupulosity . Let it be always remembered that life is short , that knowledge is endless , and that many doubts deserve not to be cleared . Let those whom nature and study have qualified to teach mankind , tell us what they have ...
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... scrupulosity , a servile attention to minute exactness , which is some- times inconsistent with higher excellency , and is lost in the blaze of expanded genius . I do not know whether you will think painting a general subject . By ...
... scrupulosity , a servile attention to minute exactness , which is some- times inconsistent with higher excellency , and is lost in the blaze of expanded genius . I do not know whether you will think painting a general subject . By ...
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... scrupulosity of age . Thus parents and children , for the greatest part , live on to love less and less and , if those whom nature has thus closely united are the torments of each other , where shall we look for tenderness and ...
... scrupulosity of age . Thus parents and children , for the greatest part , live on to love less and less and , if those whom nature has thus closely united are the torments of each other , where shall we look for tenderness and ...
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... If I have obtained any prerogatives above other students , they have been accompanied with fear , disquiet , and scrupulosity ; but even of these prerogatives , whatever they were , I have , since my thoughts have 548 RASSELAS ,
... If I have obtained any prerogatives above other students , they have been accompanied with fear , disquiet , and scrupulosity ; but even of these prerogatives , whatever they were , I have , since my thoughts have 548 RASSELAS ,
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acquaintance amusement authors Bassora beauty censure common commonly considered critick curiosity danger delight desire diligence Ditto dreaded easily easy elegance endeavour equal evil expected expence eyes favour fortune friends genius give gout gratified happiness honour hope hour Hudibras human idleness Idler Iliad imagination innu inquiry John Oldmixon king of Norway knowledge known labour lady Lapland learned less live look lost Louisbourg mankind marriage ment mind misery mistress morning nation nature necessary neral ness never Newmarket night NUMB observed once opinion pain passed passions perhaps Peterhouse pleased pleasure praise PRINCE OF ABISSINIA produce publick racter Rasselas readers reason resolved rich rience SATURDAY scrupulosity seldom shew sometimes soon Sophron suffered supposed sure talk tell thing Thomas Warton thought tion told truth virtue weary wife wish wonder write