The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Bände 3-4 |
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... virtue , knowledge , or ser- vices to their country , placed in wrong lights , and by misrepresentation made the subject of buf- foonery . Such a nice abhorrence is not , indeed , to be found among the vulgar ; but , methinks , it is ...
... virtue , knowledge , or ser- vices to their country , placed in wrong lights , and by misrepresentation made the subject of buf- foonery . Such a nice abhorrence is not , indeed , to be found among the vulgar ; but , methinks , it is ...
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... virtue and vice into constitution . In short , they endeavour to make no distinction between man and man , or between the species of men and that of brutes . As an instance of this kind of authors , among many others , let any one ...
... virtue and vice into constitution . In short , they endeavour to make no distinction between man and man , or between the species of men and that of brutes . As an instance of this kind of authors , among many others , let any one ...
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... virtues and vices , poesy corrects it , and presents events and fortunes according to desert , and according to the law of Providence : because true history , through the frequent satiety and similitude of things , works a distate and ...
... virtues and vices , poesy corrects it , and presents events and fortunes according to desert , and according to the law of Providence : because true history , through the frequent satiety and similitude of things , works a distate and ...
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... virtue than the present . It is indeed a melancholy reflection to consider that the British nation , which is now at a greater height of glory for its councils and conquests than it ever was before , should distinguish itself by a ...
... virtue than the present . It is indeed a melancholy reflection to consider that the British nation , which is now at a greater height of glory for its councils and conquests than it ever was before , should distinguish itself by a ...
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... virtue , if one considers him in his soli- tude , as taking in the system of the universe , ob- serving the mutual dependence and harmony , by which the whole frame of it hangs together , beat- ing down his passions , or swelling his ...
... virtue , if one considers him in his soli- tude , as taking in the system of the universe , ob- serving the mutual dependence and harmony , by which the whole frame of it hangs together , beat- ing down his passions , or swelling his ...
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acquaintance admired Æneid agreeable APARTMENT appear beauty behaviour Bickerstaff called cerned character Cicero COFFEE-HOUSE confess consider conversation creatures death delight desire Dido discourse dress endeavour entertain Erasistratus Eriphyle ESQUIRE esteem eyes fancy father favour FEBRUARY 22 fortune gentleman give Great-Britain greatest happy hath heart honour hope humble humour husband imagination impertinent innocent ISAAC BICKERSTAFF kind lady learned letter live look lover mankind manner marriage ment mind nature neral never night observe occasion OVID Palamede particular pass passion persons petitioner play pleased pleasure poet present pretend proper racter reason received Roman Censors Rome says sense SHEER-LANE soul speak spirit Stratonice Tatler tell temper Terentia thing thou thought THURSDAY Timoleon tion told town TUESDAY tural turn upholsterer VIRG Virgil virtue whole wife woman words write young