The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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Page 16
... give man dark and uncomfortable prospects of his being , and destroy those principles which are the support , happiness , and glory , of all public societies , as well as private persons . I think it is one of Pythagoras's golden ...
... give man dark and uncomfortable prospects of his being , and destroy those principles which are the support , happiness , and glory , of all public societies , as well as private persons . I think it is one of Pythagoras's golden ...
Page 17
... gives a truer and better account of this art than all the vo- lumes that were ever written upon it . Poetry ... give satisfaction to the mind , with at least the shadow of things , where the substance cannot be had . For if the ...
... gives a truer and better account of this art than all the vo- lumes that were ever written upon it . Poetry ... give satisfaction to the mind , with at least the shadow of things , where the substance cannot be had . For if the ...
Page 24
... give the last orders relating to those who are dead in reason . The so- licitor of the new company of Upholders near the Hay - market appeared in behalf of that useful society , and brought in an accusation of a young woman , who ...
... give the last orders relating to those who are dead in reason . The so- licitor of the new company of Upholders near the Hay - market appeared in behalf of that useful society , and brought in an accusation of a young woman , who ...
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... give occasion for it . He performs the most ordinary action in a manner suitable to the greatness of his character , and shows the prince even in the giving of a letter , or the despatching of a message . Our best actors are somewhat at ...
... give occasion for it . He performs the most ordinary action in a manner suitable to the greatness of his character , and shows the prince even in the giving of a letter , or the despatching of a message . Our best actors are somewhat at ...
Page 51
... give them over entirely , and leave them to their own in- ventions . I was in hopes that I had brought them to some order , and was employing my thoughts on the reformation of their petticoats , when on a sud- den I received information ...
... give them over entirely , and leave them to their own in- ventions . I was in hopes that I had brought them to some order , and was employing my thoughts on the reformation of their petticoats , when on a sud- den I received information ...
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