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... censure with contempt . We owe so much reverence to the wisdom of mankind , as justly to wish , that our own opinion of our merit may be ratified by the concurrence of other suf- frages ; and since guilt and infamy must have the same ...
... censure with contempt . We owe so much reverence to the wisdom of mankind , as justly to wish , that our own opinion of our merit may be ratified by the concurrence of other suf- frages ; and since guilt and infamy must have the same ...
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... collect sentences against marriage ; nor am inclined to lessen the number of the few friends whom time has left me , by obstructing that happiness which I cannot partake , and venting my vexation in censures of 43 THE RAMBLER.
... collect sentences against marriage ; nor am inclined to lessen the number of the few friends whom time has left me , by obstructing that happiness which I cannot partake , and venting my vexation in censures of 43 THE RAMBLER.
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Samuel Johnson. cannot partake , and venting my vexation in censures of the forwardness and indiscretion of girls , or the inconstancy , tastelessness , and perfidy of men . It is , indeed , not very difficult to bear that con- dition to ...
Samuel Johnson. cannot partake , and venting my vexation in censures of the forwardness and indiscretion of girls , or the inconstancy , tastelessness , and perfidy of men . It is , indeed , not very difficult to bear that con- dition to ...
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... censured them have not likewise their follies , and their vices . I do not yet believe happiness unattainable in mar- riage , though I have never yet been able to find a man , with whom I could prudently venture an in- separable union ...
... censured them have not likewise their follies , and their vices . I do not yet believe happiness unattainable in mar- riage , though I have never yet been able to find a man , with whom I could prudently venture an in- separable union ...
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... censure , I shall not be afraid of taking into protection those whom I think condemned without a sufficient knowledge of their cause . He that adopts the sentiments of another , whom he has reason to believe wiser than himself , is only ...
... censure , I shall not be afraid of taking into protection those whom I think condemned without a sufficient knowledge of their cause . He that adopts the sentiments of another , whom he has reason to believe wiser than himself , is only ...
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