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| Books - 1780 - 596 pages
...employed on fomething unexpected and furprifing, they had no regard to that uniformity of fentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains...human nature ; as Beings looking upon good and evil, irnpaflive and at leifure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the.viciflitudes... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 590 pages
...minds : they never enquired what, on any occafton, they ihould have faid or done ; but wrote rather at beholders than partakers of human nature ; as Beings...leifure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the aclions of men, and the viciffitudes of life, without iotereft and with- • out emotion. Their courtlhip... | |
| Edmund Burke - History - 1780 - 726 pages
...the pains and the pleafure of other minds : they never enquired what, on any occafion, they ftiould have faid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders...human nature ; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impaffive and at leifure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the aftions of men, and the viciffitudes... | |
| Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths - Periodicals - 1780 - 590 pages
...pains and the pleafure of other minds: they never enquired what, on any occafion, they fhould have (aid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders than partakers...human nature; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impadivc and at leifure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, :uul the viciiiitu... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 498 pages
...pleafure of other minds : they never enquired what, on any occafion, they mould have faid or done j but wrote rather as beholders than partakers of human...Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the viciflitudes of life, without intereft and without emotion. Their courtmip was void of... | |
| Samuel Johnson - English poetry - 1781 - 494 pages
...excite the pains and the pleafure of other minds : they never enquired what, on any occafion, they mould have faid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders...human nature ; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impaffive and at leifure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the viciffitudes... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 494 pages
...excite the pains and the pleafure of other minds : they never enquired what, on any occafion, they mould have faid or done ; but wrote rather as beholders...human nature ; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impaffive and at leifure ; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the viciffitudes... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 498 pages
...the pains and the pleafure of other minds : they never enquired what, on. any occalion, they mould have faid or done; but wrote rather as beholders than...human nature; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impaffive and at leifure; as Epicurean deities making remarks on the actions of men, and the viciffitudes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - Poets, English - 1790 - 508 pages
...employed on fomething unexpected and furprifing, they had no regard to that uniformity of fentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains...human nature; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impaffive and at leifure; as Epicurean deities, making remarks on the actions of men, and the viciffitudes... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 478 pages
...employed on fomcthing unexpected and furprifing, they had no regard to that uniformity of fentiment which enables us to conceive and to excite the pains...human nature; as Beings looking upon good and evil, impaffive and at leifure; as Epicurean deities, making remarks on the actions of men, and the vicifluudes... | |
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