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There is however a kind of men , whom accident has thrown out of the business
of life , and whom temperament , if not virtue , keeps out of the dissipation of it ,
who hold a station of less destructive and more dignified indolence , whom the ...
There is however a kind of men , whom accident has thrown out of the business
of life , and whom temperament , if not virtue , keeps out of the dissipation of it ,
who hold a station of less destructive and more dignified indolence , whom the ...
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... even to that prodigal of mind as well as time , who has forgotten how to think
the few moments required for the perusal of them will be at least a small portion
of life harmlessly spent , and , it may be , saved from less innocent employments .
... even to that prodigal of mind as well as time , who has forgotten how to think
the few moments required for the perusal of them will be at least a small portion
of life harmlessly spent , and , it may be , saved from less innocent employments .
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Camillus is a barrister of the first eminence , possessed of great knowledge in his
profession , an acute reasoner , and a powerful pleader . In external appearance
nature has been less bountiful to Camillus : his figure is mean and ungraceful ...
Camillus is a barrister of the first eminence , possessed of great knowledge in his
profession , an acute reasoner , and a powerful pleader . In external appearance
nature has been less bountiful to Camillus : his figure is mean and ungraceful ...
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Among the other sex , though , from their situation , and the narrow circle of their
acquirements , this weakness has less room to display itself , yet it is not
unfrequently to be found . Elizabeth might be quoted as a counterpart to Cicero ,
were it ...
Among the other sex , though , from their situation , and the narrow circle of their
acquirements , this weakness has less room to display itself , yet it is not
unfrequently to be found . Elizabeth might be quoted as a counterpart to Cicero ,
were it ...
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... that it is no less unjust than ungenerous , to despise others for the want of a
particular quality or accomplishment which we may happen to possess ; because
it is extremely probable that we may be equally deficient in some article , perhaps
...
... that it is no less unjust than ungenerous , to despise others for the want of a
particular quality or accomplishment which we may happen to possess ; because
it is extremely probable that we may be equally deficient in some article , perhaps
...
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| Title | The British Essayists: Lounger Volume 30 of The British Essayists, James Ferguson Volume 30 of The British Essayists: With Prefaces, Biographical, Historical, and Critical, James Ferguson |
| Editor | James Ferguson |
| Contributor | James Ferguson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 11 Jan 2006 |
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