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Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides: In which are ... - Page 98
by Donald MacNicol - 1779 - 371 pages
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, L.L.D.

Samuel Johnson - 1811 - 386 pages
...analogy supply ; but it is true likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to be just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties, and consequently gain more principles...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 8

Samuel Johnson - English literature - 1816 - 432 pages
...analogy supply ; but it is true likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to be just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties, and consequently gain more principles...
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

Samuel Johnson (écrivain.) - 1816 - 218 pages
...analogy supply ; but it is true likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to be just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties, and consequently gain more principles...
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The works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 9

Samuel Johnson - 1818 - 398 pages
...analogy supply ; but it is true likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to be just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties, and, consequently, gain more principles...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, Ll. D.: Containing essays, tracts, and Journey

Samuel Johnson, Arthur Murphy - English literature - 1820 - 424 pages
...analogy supply ; but it is true likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to be just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties, •and consequently gain more principles...
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The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 622 pages
...supply ; D 2 hut it is true, likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to be just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties, and, consequently. jpiin more principles...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: With Murphy's Essay, Volume 6

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 728 pages
...analogy supply ; but it is true, likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to be just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties, and consequently gain more principles...
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The works of Samuel Johnson [ed. by F.P. Walesby].

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 680 pages
...analogy supply ; but it is true, likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to he just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties, and, consequently, gain more principles...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D.: Journey to the Hebrides. Tales of the ...

Samuel Johnson - 1825 - 608 pages
...analogy supply ; but it is true, likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to he just. As we see more, we become possessed of more certainties, and, consequently, gain more principles...
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A grammar of the English language, ed. by L. Schmitz

Charles Underwood Dasent - Language and languages - 1877 - 238 pages
...analogy supply ; but it is true, likewise, that these ideas are always incomplete, and that, at least, till we have compared them with realities, we do not know them to bo just." With this passage, we may contrast, both in language, style, and sentiment, the following...
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