The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... if not virtue , keeps out of the dissipa- tion of it , who hold a station of less destructive and more dignified indolence , whom the company of their VOL . I. B own thoughts renders independent of vulgar society , and the.
... if not virtue , keeps out of the dissipa- tion of it , who hold a station of less destructive and more dignified indolence , whom the company of their VOL . I. B own thoughts renders independent of vulgar society , and the.
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... prac- tice of cardinal virtues , and to deter from the com- mission of enormous crimes : the advices of wisdom and experience point out the road to success and to • honour in stations of public consequence , or in B 3 2 . 5 THE LOUNGER .
... prac- tice of cardinal virtues , and to deter from the com- mission of enormous crimes : the advices of wisdom and experience point out the road to success and to • honour in stations of public consequence , or in B 3 2 . 5 THE LOUNGER .
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... virtues , in certain modes and situations , which the law could not foresee , and for which it could not provide . In a state of society so advanced as ours ( for it is needless to trouble my reader with the intermediate gradations ) ...
... virtues , in certain modes and situations , which the law could not foresee , and for which it could not provide . In a state of society so advanced as ours ( for it is needless to trouble my reader with the intermediate gradations ) ...
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... virtues are always the same ; but many of the lesser duties of social intercourse receive much of their complexion ... virtue . Of this study of manners the Lounger had early discovered the use and the necessity . He who seldom quits ...
... virtues are always the same ; but many of the lesser duties of social intercourse receive much of their complexion ... virtue . Of this study of manners the Lounger had early discovered the use and the necessity . He who seldom quits ...
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... virtue is to be re- gulated . Genuine excellence here , as every where else , springs from nature , and is to be cultivated only , not created , by artificial instruction . There is more complacency in the negligence of some men , than ...
... virtue is to be re- gulated . Genuine excellence here , as every where else , springs from nature , and is to be cultivated only , not created , by artificial instruction . There is more complacency in the negligence of some men , than ...
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