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INTRODUCTION -- Character of the author , indolent with feeling , and vacant
with observation Mackenzie 2. Importance of the duty of manners 3. The vanity of
skill in what we do not know , and the pedantry of valuing ourselves on those ...
INTRODUCTION -- Character of the author , indolent with feeling , and vacant
with observation Mackenzie 2. Importance of the duty of manners 3. The vanity of
skill in what we do not know , and the pedantry of valuing ourselves on those ...
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Observations on comedy Craig 50. The same subject continued - Moral effects of
comedy Mackenzie 51. Senex on our neglect of the improvement and of the
progress of time - Proposal by Memory Modish for a new sort of memorandum -
book ...
Observations on comedy Craig 50. The same subject continued - Moral effects of
comedy Mackenzie 51. Senex on our neglect of the improvement and of the
progress of time - Proposal by Memory Modish for a new sort of memorandum -
book ...
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Like Alfred in the Danish camp , I harped for them , but observed for myself ; and ,
like him too , enjoyed my observation the more that it was secret and
unsuspected . If this resemblance should convey some idea of treachery , of
advantage ...
Like Alfred in the Danish camp , I harped for them , but observed for myself ; and ,
like him too , enjoyed my observation the more that it was secret and
unsuspected . If this resemblance should convey some idea of treachery , of
advantage ...
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It is an old and a common observation , that men are more desirous to be thought
to possess talents and qualities to which in truth they have no pretensions , than
those in which they excel in an eminent degree . Of this Cicero was in ancient ...
It is an old and a common observation , that men are more desirous to be thought
to possess talents and qualities to which in truth they have no pretensions , than
those in which they excel in an eminent degree . Of this Cicero was in ancient ...
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In ancient times , mankind had before their eyes but a very limited field of
observation , and but a short experience of the revolutions of nations . Their VOL .
I. D memorials of former events too were scanty and imperfect , 5 . THE
LOUNGER .
In ancient times , mankind had before their eyes but a very limited field of
observation , and but a short experience of the revolutions of nations . Their VOL .
I. D memorials of former events too were scanty and imperfect , 5 . THE
LOUNGER .
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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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