Works: With an Essay on His Life and Genius, Band 5Thomas Tegg and others, 1824 |
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... favours ; for admiration ceases with novelty , and interest gains its end and retires . A man whose great qualities want the ornament of superficial attractions , is like a naked mountain with mines of gold , which will be frequented ...
... favours ; for admiration ceases with novelty , and interest gains its end and retires . A man whose great qualities want the ornament of superficial attractions , is like a naked mountain with mines of gold , which will be frequented ...
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... favour against the time when I should be rich , to pay their court by informing me that my aunt began to droop , that she had lately a bad night , that she coughed feebly , and that she could never climb May hill ; or , at least , that ...
... favour against the time when I should be rich , to pay their court by informing me that my aunt began to droop , that she had lately a bad night , that she coughed feebly , and that she could never climb May hill ; or , at least , that ...
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... favours , may spare any attention to his behaviour , and that usefulness will always procure friends ; yet it has been found , that there is an art of granting requests , an art very difficult of attain- ment ; that officiousness and ...
... favours , may spare any attention to his behaviour , and that usefulness will always procure friends ; yet it has been found , that there is an art of granting requests , an art very difficult of attain- ment ; that officiousness and ...
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... favour of a peevish man , and exerting ourselves in the most diligent ci- vility , an unlucky syllable displeases , an unheeded cir- cumstance ruffles and exasperates ; and in the moment when we congratulate ourselves upon having gained ...
... favour of a peevish man , and exerting ourselves in the most diligent ci- vility , an unlucky syllable displeases , an unheeded cir- cumstance ruffles and exasperates ; and in the moment when we congratulate ourselves upon having gained ...
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... favour , and suffering none to ap proach them , but those who never speak but to ap- plaud , or move but to obey . He that gives himself up to his own fancy , and converses with none but such as he hires to lull him on the down of ...
... favour , and suffering none to ap proach them , but those who never speak but to ap- plaud , or move but to obey . He that gives himself up to his own fancy , and converses with none but such as he hires to lull him on the down of ...
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