The Personal History of Samuel JohnsonLongman, 1971 - 364 pages |
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Page 54
... human sacrifices and cannibalism , maintaining that it was no sin to eat human flesh , even if it was , perhaps , a trifle unmannerly . The Bishop of London and others had paid for him to spend six months at Christ Church in order ' to ...
... human sacrifices and cannibalism , maintaining that it was no sin to eat human flesh , even if it was , perhaps , a trifle unmannerly . The Bishop of London and others had paid for him to spend six months at Christ Church in order ' to ...
Page 76
... human behaviour . Here he set out his belief in the frail impermanence of worldly pleasures and success , the supreme importance of man's ' futurity ' -'the great incentive to virtue is the reflection that we must die ' — the ...
... human behaviour . Here he set out his belief in the frail impermanence of worldly pleasures and success , the supreme importance of man's ' futurity ' -'the great incentive to virtue is the reflection that we must die ' — the ...
Page 110
... human life is every- where a state in which much is to be endured , and little to be enjoyed ' ; and he returns to his valley convinced of the ' insufficiency of human enjoyments ' . Only virtue can give a quiet conscience and the ...
... human life is every- where a state in which much is to be endured , and little to be enjoyed ' ; and he returns to his valley convinced of the ' insufficiency of human enjoyments ' . Only virtue can give a quiet conscience and the ...
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