The Works of Sir William Jones, Volume 1J. Stockdale and J. Walker, 1807 |
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... virtues , I wish to transfer my own feelings to the minds of my readers ; but whilft I distrust my own efforts , I am equally anxious to guard against extravagant expectations in them , and any want of difcernment in myself ...
... virtues , I wish to transfer my own feelings to the minds of my readers ; but whilft I distrust my own efforts , I am equally anxious to guard against extravagant expectations in them , and any want of difcernment in myself ...
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... virtues , and less faults , " than I ever yet saw in any human being ; and that the " goodness of his head , admirable as it was , was ex- " ceeded by that of his heart . I have never ceased to " admire him from the moment I first saw ...
... virtues , and less faults , " than I ever yet saw in any human being ; and that the " goodness of his head , admirable as it was , was ex- " ceeded by that of his heart . I have never ceased to " admire him from the moment I first saw ...
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... virtue which he profeffed , on whose character death has fixed a kind of feal , and placed him out of the reach of vice and infamy ! for death only clofes a man's reputation , and determines it as either good or bad . On the contrary ...
... virtue which he profeffed , on whose character death has fixed a kind of feal , and placed him out of the reach of vice and infamy ! for death only clofes a man's reputation , and determines it as either good or bad . On the contrary ...
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... virtue , though he were to keep a regular fymmetry and uniformity in his actions , and preserve the beauty of his repu- tation to the laft , yet ( while he lives ) his very virtue may incur fome evil imputation , and provoke a thousand ...
... virtue , though he were to keep a regular fymmetry and uniformity in his actions , and preserve the beauty of his repu- tation to the laft , yet ( while he lives ) his very virtue may incur fome evil imputation , and provoke a thousand ...
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... the friendships which he contracted at school , many were afterwards cultivated with reciprocal affection ; and among the friends of his early years , fome ftill furvive , who re- member his virtues with delight , and deplore his lofs 48.
... the friendships which he contracted at school , many were afterwards cultivated with reciprocal affection ; and among the friends of his early years , fome ftill furvive , who re- member his virtues with delight , and deplore his lofs 48.
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