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His reflections open to all the recesses of the human heart ; and , in a word , a
more just or pleasant , a more engaging , or a more instructive treatise on all the
excellencies and defects of human nature , is scarce to be found in our own , or ...
His reflections open to all the recesses of the human heart ; and , in a word , a
more just or pleasant , a more engaging , or a more instructive treatise on all the
excellencies and defects of human nature , is scarce to be found in our own , or ...
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... to borrow rules to fetter genius by example , and impart distinctions which lead
to no end ; but , possessed of two qualities , without which a critic is no more than
a caviller , strong sense , and an intimate knowledge of human nature , he has ...
... to borrow rules to fetter genius by example , and impart distinctions which lead
to no end ; but , possessed of two qualities , without which a critic is no more than
a caviller , strong sense , and an intimate knowledge of human nature , he has ...
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Human nature is frail ; common frailties must inevitably preclude perfection to the
least faulty professor of Christianity . The world never supposed Johnson to have
been a perfect character . His ftupendous abilities , and great learning , it is well ...
Human nature is frail ; common frailties must inevitably preclude perfection to the
least faulty professor of Christianity . The world never supposed Johnson to have
been a perfect character . His ftupendous abilities , and great learning , it is well ...
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By nature ' s gifts ordain ' d mankind to rule , He like a Titian form ' d his brilliant
school , And taught congenial spirits to excel , While from his lips impressive
wisdom fell . Among the congenial spirits “ who formed the school of Johnson , ”
Mr ...
By nature ' s gifts ordain ' d mankind to rule , He like a Titian form ' d his brilliant
school , And taught congenial spirits to excel , While from his lips impressive
wisdom fell . Among the congenial spirits “ who formed the school of Johnson , ”
Mr ...
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Addison possessed an unclouded imagination , alive to the first objects of nature
and of art . He reaches the sublime without any apparent effort . When he tells us
, “ if we consider : the fixed stars as so many oceans of flame , that are each of ...
Addison possessed an unclouded imagination , alive to the first objects of nature
and of art . He reaches the sublime without any apparent effort . When he tells us
, “ if we consider : the fixed stars as so many oceans of flame , that are each of ...
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