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... mankind , would it not be the most pleasing entertainment imaginable to enjoy so con- stant a farce , as the observing mankind much more different from themselves in their secret thoughts and public actions , than in their night - caps ...
... mankind , would it not be the most pleasing entertainment imaginable to enjoy so con- stant a farce , as the observing mankind much more different from themselves in their secret thoughts and public actions , than in their night - caps ...
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... mankind ill- founded : for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind , to be worked up to any noble action by so selfish a motive , and to do that out of a desire of fame , which we could not be prompted to by a dis- interested love ...
... mankind ill- founded : for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind , to be worked up to any noble action by so selfish a motive , and to do that out of a desire of fame , which we could not be prompted to by a dis- interested love ...
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... mankind , draws a multitude of eyes upon him , that will narrowly inspect every part of him , consider him nicely in all views , and not be a little pleased , when they have taken him in the worst and most dis- advantageous light ...
... mankind , draws a multitude of eyes upon him , that will narrowly inspect every part of him , consider him nicely in all views , and not be a little pleased , when they have taken him in the worst and most dis- advantageous light ...
Inhalt
Universality of ambitionits wrong directions | 10 |
Fragment of Sappho | 26 |
On the beauty and loveliness of virtue | 90 |
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