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... blamable from their nicety , drew him , at an early period of life , out from
among the bustle of mankind ; but without the misanthropy that arises from
disgust , or the despondency that is sometimes the consequence of
disappointment .. Those ...
... blamable from their nicety , drew him , at an early period of life , out from
among the bustle of mankind ; but without the misanthropy that arises from
disgust , or the despondency that is sometimes the consequence of
disappointment .. Those ...
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In the earlier periods of society , a very simple code of morality and of rectitude
was all that was necessary . To control the violence of the stronger passions , to
prescribe the rules of distributive justice , and to inculcate the duties of active ...
In the earlier periods of society , a very simple code of morality and of rectitude
was all that was necessary . To control the violence of the stronger passions , to
prescribe the rules of distributive justice , and to inculcate the duties of active ...
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... buried in oblivion with the common herd of kings , ministers , and statesmen ,
whose names posterity reads with the most perfect indifference , of whom little
more is commonly known , than that they lived and died at such and such a
period .
... buried in oblivion with the common herd of kings , ministers , and statesmen ,
whose names posterity reads with the most perfect indifference , of whom little
more is commonly known , than that they lived and died at such and such a
period .
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Of the first , our desire to be remarked for talents to which we have no proper
claim , the reason may , I think , be drawn from the period of life at which it
commonly takes its rise . Our real endowments were ours , or began to be
attained ...
Of the first , our desire to be remarked for talents to which we have no proper
claim , the reason may , I think , be drawn from the period of life at which it
commonly takes its rise . Our real endowments were ours , or began to be
attained ...
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While he relates the memorable transactions of each different period , and
describes the conduct and characters of the persons principally engaged in them
, he at the same time unfolds the remote as well as immediate causes of events ,
and ...
While he relates the memorable transactions of each different period , and
describes the conduct and characters of the persons principally engaged in them
, he at the same time unfolds the remote as well as immediate causes of events ,
and ...
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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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