The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... lives up to the principles of reason and 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 ...
... lives up to the principles of reason and 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 ...
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... live in , I should have thought myself inexcusable to have passed over this crying one , which is the subject of my present dis- course . I shall , therefore , from time to time , give my countrymen particular cautions against this dis ...
... live in , I should have thought myself inexcusable to have passed over this crying one , which is the subject of my present dis- course . I shall , therefore , from time to time , give my countrymen particular cautions against this dis ...
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... Live , and reserve yourselves for better fate , DRYDEN . SHEER - LANE , JANUARY 6 . WHEN I look into the frame and constitution of my own mind , there is no part of it which I observe with greater satisfaction , than that tenderness and ...
... Live , and reserve yourselves for better fate , DRYDEN . SHEER - LANE , JANUARY 6 . WHEN I look into the frame and constitution of my own mind , there is no part of it which I observe with greater satisfaction , than that tenderness and ...
Page 66
... live very lovingly to- gether ; for as death make us all equal , it makes us very much delight in one another's company . Our time passes away much after the same manner as it did when we were among you ; eating , drinking , and ...
... live very lovingly to- gether ; for as death make us all equal , it makes us very much delight in one another's company . Our time passes away much after the same manner as it did when we were among you ; eating , drinking , and ...
Page 67
... portraits . Your several draughts of dead men ap- pear to me as pictures of still - life , and have done great good in the place where I live . The ' squire you of a neighbouring village , who had been a long NO . 118 . 67 TATLER .
... portraits . Your several draughts of dead men ap- pear to me as pictures of still - life , and have done great good in the place where I live . The ' squire you of a neighbouring village , who had been a long NO . 118 . 67 TATLER .
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