We are all offended by low terms, but are not disgusted alike by the same compositions, because we do not all agree to censure the same terms as low. No word is naturally or intrinsically meaner than another ; our opinion therefore of words, as of other... Conclusion of the Rambler - Page 143by Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - 1823Full view - About this book
| Samuel Johnson - 1763 - 262 pages
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| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - English literature - 1787 - 422 pages
...RAMBLER. 165 ;iot all agree to cenfure the fame terms as low. No word is naturally or intrinfically meaner than another ; our opinion therefore of words, as of other things arbitrarily and capricioufly eftablifhed, depends wholly upon accident and cuftom. The cottager thinks thofe apartments... | |
| Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 416 pages
...becaufe we do HOC not all agree to cenfure the fame terms as low. No word is naturally or intrinfically meaner than another; our opinion therefore of words, as of other things arbitrarily and caprjcioufly eftablifhed, depends wholly upon accident and cuftom. The cottager thinks thofe apartments... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 444 pages
...becaufe we do not not all agree to cenfure the fame terms as low. No word is naturally or intrinfically meaner than another ; our opinion therefore of words, as of other things arbitrarily and capricioufly eftabiifhed, depends wholly upon accident and cuftom. The cottager thinks thofe apartments... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1792 - 582 pages
...Ke-aufe-w* do not all agree to ceniure the fame terms as low. No word is naturally or intrinfically meaner than another; our opinion therefore of words, as of other things arbitrarily ar,d eapricioufly eft.iblimed, depends .wholly upon accident and cuftom. The cottager thinks thofc... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1800 - 296 pages
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| English literature - 1803 - 268 pages
...loses much of her power over the soul when she appears disgraced by a dress uncouth or ill adjusted. We are all offended by low terms, but are not disgusted...therefore of words, as of other things, arbitrarily and capriciouly established, depends wholly upon accident and custom. The cottager thinks those apartments... | |
| 1806 - 420 pages
...RAMBLER. i65 not all agree to cenfure the fame terms as low. No word is naturally or intrinfically meaner than another ; our opinion therefore of words, as of other things arbitrarily and capricioufly eftablifhed, depends wholly upon accident and cuftom. The cottager thinks thofe apartments... | |
| Alexander Chalmers - English essays - 1808 - 320 pages
...loses much of her power over the soul, when she appears disgraced by a dress uncouth or ill adjusted. We are all offended by low terms, but are not disgusted...apartments splendid and spacious, which an inhabitant of paltces will despise for their inelegance; and to him who has passed most of his hours with the delicate... | |
| Samuel Johnson - 1810 - 416 pages
...ajl offended by low terms, but are not disgusted alike by the same compositions, because we do not not all agree to censure the same terms as low. No...our opinion therefore of words, as of other things ar-* bitrarily and capriciously established, depends wholly upon accident and custom. The cottager... | |
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