The Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.Talboys and Wheeler, 1826 |
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Page 105
... instance of the regard which God's vicegerent will ever show to piety and virtue . If for ten righteous men the Almighty would have spared Sodom , shall not a thou- sand acts of goodness done by Dr. Dodd counterbalance one crime ? Such ...
... instance of the regard which God's vicegerent will ever show to piety and virtue . If for ten righteous men the Almighty would have spared Sodom , shall not a thou- sand acts of goodness done by Dr. Dodd counterbalance one crime ? Such ...
Page 123
... instance he had ever known of a person who had endea- voured to retain grief . He told Dr. Taylor , that after his lady's death , which affected him deeply , he resolved that the grief , which he cherished with a kind of sacred fond ...
... instance he had ever known of a person who had endea- voured to retain grief . He told Dr. Taylor , that after his lady's death , which affected him deeply , he resolved that the grief , which he cherished with a kind of sacred fond ...
Page 124
... instance , " said he , " Mr. Jackson ( the all - knowing ) told me , there was more good sense upon trade in it ... instances , to give good sala- ries to curates , without leaving themselves too little ; and if no curate were to be ...
... instance , " said he , " Mr. Jackson ( the all - knowing ) told me , there was more good sense upon trade in it ... instances , to give good sala- ries to curates , without leaving themselves too little ; and if no curate were to be ...
Page 128
... instances , has produced the most happy effect . " That he has been the first institutor , [ or ] and a very earnest and active pro- moter of several modes of useful charity , and [ that ] therefore [ he ] may be considered has having ...
... instances , has produced the most happy effect . " That he has been the first institutor , [ or ] and a very earnest and active pro- moter of several modes of useful charity , and [ that ] therefore [ he ] may be considered has having ...
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... instance of the truth of the observation , that a man will please more upon the whole by negative qualities than by positive ; by never offending , than by giving a great deal of delight . In the first place , men hate more steadily ...
... instance of the truth of the observation , that a man will please more upon the whole by negative qualities than by positive ; by never offending , than by giving a great deal of delight . In the first place , men hate more steadily ...
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