The British Essayists: To which are Prefixed Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and CriticalJ. Haddon, 1819 |
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... principle which they derided as absurd , and appeared to de- test as impious . The company consisted of Mr. Traffic , a wealthy merchant ; Mr. Courtly , a commissioner of a public office ; Mr. Gay , a gentleman in whose conversa- tion ...
... principle which they derided as absurd , and appeared to de- test as impious . The company consisted of Mr. Traffic , a wealthy merchant ; Mr. Courtly , a commissioner of a public office ; Mr. Gay , a gentleman in whose conversa- tion ...
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... principles upon which it is writ- ten , I have taken the first opportunity to communi- cate it to the public : the subject is unquestionably of great importance ; and as I think it is far from being exhausted , it may possibly produce ...
... principles upon which it is writ- ten , I have taken the first opportunity to communi- cate it to the public : the subject is unquestionably of great importance ; and as I think it is far from being exhausted , it may possibly produce ...
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... principles of social beings , there is reason to fear , that we are placed in the most unfor- tunate and lamentable æra since the creation of mankind . It is not the increase of vices inseparable from humanity that alarms us , the riots ...
... principles of social beings , there is reason to fear , that we are placed in the most unfor- tunate and lamentable æra since the creation of mankind . It is not the increase of vices inseparable from humanity that alarms us , the riots ...
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... principles of action ridiculous . It may , however , be allowed , that if in these in- stances reason always appeared to be overborne by the importunity of appetite ; if the future was sacri- , ficed to the present , and hope renounced ...
... principles of action ridiculous . It may , however , be allowed , that if in these in- stances reason always appeared to be overborne by the importunity of appetite ; if the future was sacri- , ficed to the present , and hope renounced ...
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... principle is repre- sented as imaginary , romantic , and chimerical ; reason , which by some is too much aggrandized ... principles . Rochefoucault , to give a smartness and shortness to his sentences , frequently makes use of the anti ...
... principle is repre- sented as imaginary , romantic , and chimerical ; reason , which by some is too much aggrandized ... principles . Rochefoucault , to give a smartness and shortness to his sentences , frequently makes use of the anti ...
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