The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... heart are often more interesting and engaging than the punctilious attention of a thou- sand professed sacrificers to the Graces . Idleness , or that species of little occupations which is attached to no particular business or ...
... heart are often more interesting and engaging than the punctilious attention of a thou- sand professed sacrificers to the Graces . Idleness , or that species of little occupations which is attached to no particular business or ...
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... heart by exhibiting bright and illustrious ex- amples of virtue . It is of late only that history , by taking a wider range , has assumed a different form ; and with the relation of splendid events uniting an investigation of their ...
... heart by exhibiting bright and illustrious ex- amples of virtue . It is of late only that history , by taking a wider range , has assumed a different form ; and with the relation of splendid events uniting an investigation of their ...
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... heart ; and accordingly they chose sub- jects that made the strongest impression on their own minds , and might most interest the passions of others . To explain the immediate motives and springs of actions , was necessary even for ...
... heart ; and accordingly they chose sub- jects that made the strongest impression on their own minds , and might most interest the passions of others . To explain the immediate motives and springs of actions , was necessary even for ...
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... heart beat when it ceased .'- ' Why , it is very true , colonel , ' said the lady , one can't retain those feelings always . It is something , ' said I , ยท to have had them once . ' - Why , if I may judge from the little I have seen ...
... heart beat when it ceased .'- ' Why , it is very true , colonel , ' said the lady , one can't retain those feelings always . It is something , ' said I , ยท to have had them once . ' - Why , if I may judge from the little I have seen ...
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... heart , which is given with ease , which is bestowed even with pleasure . But in life itself it is unhappily found that virtue has not the same concomitant approbation . The same instances of generosity , of humanity , of candour ...
... heart , which is given with ease , which is bestowed even with pleasure . But in life itself it is unhappily found that virtue has not the same concomitant approbation . The same instances of generosity , of humanity , of candour ...
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