The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 8Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew 1836 |
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In this he followed the credulous state of the human mind during the pristine ages
of society . If he had done otherwise , he might have been more pleasing to
philosophical readers ; but he would not have presented us with a faithful picture
of ...
In this he followed the credulous state of the human mind during the pristine ages
of society . If he had done otherwise , he might have been more pleasing to
philosophical readers ; but he would not have presented us with a faithful picture
of ...
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With what pain , ' said I , does one contemplate the mere possibility that affections
such as these are to last only for the few years which make up the sum of human
life . Must I believe , must you believe , that all this fair scene is to end forever at ...
With what pain , ' said I , does one contemplate the mere possibility that affections
such as these are to last only for the few years which make up the sum of human
life . Must I believe , must you believe , that all this fair scene is to end forever at ...
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... said Fausta , ' in what we think of human life . I hold the highest lot to be
unsatisfying . You admit all are so , but have shown me that there is a nearer
approach to an equality of happiness than I had supposed , though evil weighs
upon all .
... said Fausta , ' in what we think of human life . I hold the highest lot to be
unsatisfying . You admit all are so , but have shown me that there is a nearer
approach to an equality of happiness than I had supposed , though evil weighs
upon all .
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It seems to me that if a sculptor of his own Greece sought for a model of the
human figure , he could hope to find none so perfect as that of Longinus . ' • That
makes it the foolisher and stranger , ' said Fausta , ' that he should labor at his
toilet ...
It seems to me that if a sculptor of his own Greece sought for a model of the
human figure , he could hope to find none so perfect as that of Longinus . ' • That
makes it the foolisher and stranger , ' said Fausta , ' that he should labor at his
toilet ...
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I find there indeed , wisdom , and learning , and sagacity , alınost more than
human . But I find nothing which can be dignified with the name of religion . Their
systems of morals are admirable , and sufficient perhaps to enable one to live a ...
I find there indeed , wisdom , and learning , and sagacity , alınost more than
human . But I find nothing which can be dignified with the name of religion . Their
systems of morals are admirable , and sufficient perhaps to enable one to live a ...
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