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Ill effects of disgust with the world in minds of sensibility , in a history of himself by
Hortensius Craig 10. On party dress , by Neuter - Censure of political violence ,
especially in the ladies Abercromby 11. Life of Sir Thomas Lounger , busy in ...
Ill effects of disgust with the world in minds of sensibility , in a history of himself by
Hortensius Craig 10. On party dress , by Neuter - Censure of political violence ,
especially in the ladies Abercromby 11. Life of Sir Thomas Lounger , busy in ...
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Among the first sort , the transition is easy from the yawn of inanity to the roar of
riot and intemperance ; but persons of the latter description , idle in conduct , but
of active minds , as they seldom experience the uneasiness of the one , seldom ...
Among the first sort , the transition is easy from the yawn of inanity to the roar of
riot and intemperance ; but persons of the latter description , idle in conduct , but
of active minds , as they seldom experience the uneasiness of the one , seldom ...
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There is a censure , indeed , and a suffrage , which no man can escape , to which
one of his disposition is peculiarly liable , I mean that of his own mind . He trusts
his publication will be such as to risk nothing on this ground ; it is the only ...
There is a censure , indeed , and a suffrage , which no man can escape , to which
one of his disposition is peculiarly liable , I mean that of his own mind . He trusts
his publication will be such as to risk nothing on this ground ; it is the only ...
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Even the perfect idler , like some other harmless and insignificant animals whom
naturalists are acquainted with , though he can live on air , cannot subsist in
vacuo : and the idler of a higher sort needs perhaps more ideas , more store of
mind ...
Even the perfect idler , like some other harmless and insignificant animals whom
naturalists are acquainted with , though he can live on air , cannot subsist in
vacuo : and the idler of a higher sort needs perhaps more ideas , more store of
mind ...
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... the most cultivated minds , are not , perhaps , altogether exempted from it . Mr.
Hume , in his History of England , expresses himself in the following terms : ·
Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every ciher
occupation ...
... the most cultivated minds , are not , perhaps , altogether exempted from it . Mr.
Hume , in his History of England , expresses himself in the following terms : ·
Such a superiority do the pursuits of literature possess above every ciher
occupation ...
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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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