Samuel JohnsonOxford University Press, 1984 - 840 Seiten |
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... virtue . On the tomb of Maecenas his luxury is not to be mentioned with his munificence , nor is the proscription to find a place on the monument of Augustus . The best subject for epitaphs is private virtue ; virtue exerted in the same ...
... virtue . On the tomb of Maecenas his luxury is not to be mentioned with his munificence , nor is the proscription to find a place on the monument of Augustus . The best subject for epitaphs is private virtue ; virtue exerted in the same ...
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... virtue ; of virtue not angelical , nor above probability , for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate , but the highest and purest that humanity can reach , which , exercised in such trials as the various revolutions of things ...
... virtue ; of virtue not angelical , nor above probability , for what we cannot credit we shall never imitate , but the highest and purest that humanity can reach , which , exercised in such trials as the various revolutions of things ...
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... virtue , exclusive of its consequences , deal but in pompous nonsense ; and they who would persuade us that good and evil are things indifferent , depending wholly on the will of God , do but confound the nature of things , as well as ...
... virtue , exclusive of its consequences , deal but in pompous nonsense ; and they who would persuade us that good and evil are things indifferent , depending wholly on the will of God , do but confound the nature of things , as well as ...
Inhalt
Translation of Horace Odes ii 20 1726 12 | 1 |
Prologue to Garricks Lethe 1740 | 8 |
Irene Act 11 Scene vii 1749 | 24 |
Urheberrecht | |
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