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He who seldom quits the walk of a particular science or occupation has a
determined object in his view , the pursuit of which leaves little time for scattering
attentions around him , and always affords some apology for the neglect of them .
He who seldom quits the walk of a particular science or occupation has a
determined object in his view , the pursuit of which leaves little time for scattering
attentions around him , and always affords some apology for the neglect of them .
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Mirtilla has of late turned her fine eyes from terrestrial objects to the study of
astronomy ; and you cannot flatter her so much as by asking her opinion of the
last new meteor , or the Georgium Sidus . And Euanthe , since she read Reaumur
, has ...
Mirtilla has of late turned her fine eyes from terrestrial objects to the study of
astronomy ; and you cannot flatter her so much as by asking her opinion of the
last new meteor , or the Georgium Sidus . And Euanthe , since she read Reaumur
, has ...
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The former has been the object of the greater part of historians ; and their aim of
instruction has seldom gone farther than to illustrate some moral precept , and to
improve the heart by exhibiting bright and illustrious examples of virtue .
The former has been the object of the greater part of historians ; and their aim of
instruction has seldom gone farther than to illustrate some moral precept , and to
improve the heart by exhibiting bright and illustrious examples of virtue .
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In these the ancients held the highest excellence and perfection of history to
consist ; and so little did their views reach any farther , that Dionysius of
Halicarnassus , a critic of taste and acuteness , says , that the first object of a
person about to ...
In these the ancients held the highest excellence and perfection of history to
consist ; and so little did their views reach any farther , that Dionysius of
Halicarnassus , a critic of taste and acuteness , says , that the first object of a
person about to ...
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Nothing farther could occur to them as the object of history , but to delight the
imagination and improve the heart ; and accordingly they chose subjects that
made the strongest impression on their own minds , and might most interest the ...
Nothing farther could occur to them as the object of history , but to delight the
imagination and improve the heart ; and accordingly they chose subjects that
made the strongest impression on their own minds , and might most interest the ...
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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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