The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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... minds , and might most interest the passions of others . To explain the immediate motives and springs of actions , was necessary even for connecting their narrative ; but to proceed farther and trace the remote causes , and to perceive ...
... minds , and might most interest the passions of others . To explain the immediate motives and springs of actions , was necessary even for connecting their narrative ; but to proceed farther and trace the remote causes , and to perceive ...
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... mind . ' Tis like drinking a bottle of claret ; the liquor is something ; but nine - tenths of the bargain is in the companion with whom one drinks it . ' As he spoke this , he gave me his hand with such an air of cor- diality ...
... mind . ' Tis like drinking a bottle of claret ; the liquor is something ; but nine - tenths of the bargain is in the companion with whom one drinks it . ' As he spoke this , he gave me his hand with such an air of cor- diality ...
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in our estimate of such a character is apt to strike the mind with the most forcible conviction of our own unworthiness . Memory is industrious to torment us with the recollection of numberless instances of merit we have overlooked , of ...
in our estimate of such a character is apt to strike the mind with the most forcible conviction of our own unworthiness . Memory is industrious to torment us with the recollection of numberless instances of merit we have overlooked , of ...
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... minds , and in the frost a drag - hunt to give exercise to our bodies : but the only effect those pastimes produced was to furnish additional subjects for the idle to talk of , and to plague the busy with hearing them . The set of ...
... minds , and in the frost a drag - hunt to give exercise to our bodies : but the only effect those pastimes produced was to furnish additional subjects for the idle to talk of , and to plague the busy with hearing them . The set of ...
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... mind . Endowed with the most tender sensibility , she possessed at the same time a purity and an ingenuousness of character which to me was most enchanting . There was a simplicity and innocence in all her thoughts and ac- tions , which ...
... mind . Endowed with the most tender sensibility , she possessed at the same time a purity and an ingenuousness of character which to me was most enchanting . There was a simplicity and innocence in all her thoughts and ac- tions , which ...
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