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... advantage of the latter , by Paul Pasquin Fraser Tytler 20. On novel - writing
Mackenzie 21. Danger of young ladies being introduced into a society and style
of eater . . . No. manners above their natural situation in life ; iv CONTENTS .
... advantage of the latter , by Paul Pasquin Fraser Tytler 20. On novel - writing
Mackenzie 21. Danger of young ladies being introduced into a society and style
of eater . . . No. manners above their natural situation in life ; iv CONTENTS .
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No. manners above their natural situation in life ; in a letter from A. G. : · Craig 22.
Account of a little speaking automaton , the Poupée parlante , and of some
incidents which happened during the author's visit to her Mackenzie 23.
Vindication of ...
No. manners above their natural situation in life ; in a letter from A. G. : · Craig 22.
Account of a little speaking automaton , the Poupée parlante , and of some
incidents which happened during the author's visit to her Mackenzie 23.
Vindication of ...
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And even when man advanced to a certain point , where the doctrine of morals
went beyond the legal rules of conduct ; yet that would contain incentives to the
exertion only of principal and leading virtues , in certain modes and situations ...
And even when man advanced to a certain point , where the doctrine of morals
went beyond the legal rules of conduct ; yet that would contain incentives to the
exertion only of principal and leading virtues , in certain modes and situations ...
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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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ever he was led to estimate his own merit in comparison with that of Whitlocke , a
just sense of his own superior excellence might teach him , that though
constrained by situation to submit to a drudgery so unworthy of him , yet still he
was by ...
ever he was led to estimate his own merit in comparison with that of Whitlocke , a
just sense of his own superior excellence might teach him , that though
constrained by situation to submit to a drudgery so unworthy of him , yet still he
was by ...
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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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