Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON LL.D1952 |
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... publick wel- fare , will plead my excuse for giving you this trouble . I am , with the greatest respect , Sir , your most obedient and humble servant , WILLIAM STRAHAN New - street , March 30 , 1771 This recommendation , we know , was ...
... publick wel- fare , will plead my excuse for giving you this trouble . I am , with the greatest respect , Sir , your most obedient and humble servant , WILLIAM STRAHAN New - street , March 30 , 1771 This recommendation , we know , was ...
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... publick reprehension , were willing to submit themselves to the priest , by a private accusation of themselves ; and ... publick . Whether it shall be publick at once , or publick by degrees , is the only question . And of a sud- den and ...
... publick reprehension , were willing to submit themselves to the priest , by a private accusation of themselves ; and ... publick . Whether it shall be publick at once , or publick by degrees , is the only question . And of a sud- den and ...
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... publick bene- fits . " JOHNSON . " The fallacy of that book is , that Mandeville defines neither vices nor benefits . He reckons among vices everything that gives pleasure . He takes the narrowest system of mo- rality , monastick ...
... publick bene- fits . " JOHNSON . " The fallacy of that book is , that Mandeville defines neither vices nor benefits . He reckons among vices everything that gives pleasure . He takes the narrowest system of mo- rality , monastick ...
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