Elements of Criticism, Volume 2Johnson Reprint Corporation, 1967 - Criticism |
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... just notion of it , the two sorts of moral duties must be kept in view , viz . those that respect others , and those that re- fpect ourselves . Fidelity , gratitude , and the forbearing injury , are examples of the first fort ...
... just notion of it , the two sorts of moral duties must be kept in view , viz . those that respect others , and those that re- fpect ourselves . Fidelity , gratitude , and the forbearing injury , are examples of the first fort ...
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... just to himself , are equally fer- viceable to compel him to be just to others . This will be evident from a fingle reflection , That an action , by being unjuft , ceases not to be improper . An action never appears more eminently ...
... just to himself , are equally fer- viceable to compel him to be just to others . This will be evident from a fingle reflection , That an action , by being unjuft , ceases not to be improper . An action never appears more eminently ...
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... just than in the former ; per- haps more just , for no talent is so often perverted as that of reason . We had beft leave Nature to her own o- perations . The most valuable talents may be abused , and fo may that of ridicule . Let us ...
... just than in the former ; per- haps more just , for no talent is so often perverted as that of reason . We had beft leave Nature to her own o- perations . The most valuable talents may be abused , and fo may that of ridicule . Let us ...
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