The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 |
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Page 124
... qualities ; an account which , besides the fallacy of its principle , can scarcely fail to be erroneous , from our natural propensity to state our faults at their lowest , and our good qualities at their highest rate . In I have ...
... qualities ; an account which , besides the fallacy of its principle , can scarcely fail to be erroneous , from our natural propensity to state our faults at their lowest , and our good qualities at their highest rate . In I have ...
Page 137
... qualities of a man . There is one particular in which we hear the sex daily blamed , and in which their conduct has afforded matter for much severe censure ; I mean , a predi- lection they are supposed to bear to frivolous men ...
... qualities of a man . There is one particular in which we hear the sex daily blamed , and in which their conduct has afforded matter for much severe censure ; I mean , a predi- lection they are supposed to bear to frivolous men ...
Page 139
... qualities which adorn private and domestic scenes , to the more splendid talents which fit a man to shine in public life , in the senate , or in the field , to those which qualify him to instruct and inform mankind by philosophical ...
... qualities which adorn private and domestic scenes , to the more splendid talents which fit a man to shine in public life , in the senate , or in the field , to those which qualify him to instruct and inform mankind by philosophical ...
Page 140
... qualities which are most estimable in each were allowed their influence in a beneficial , not an extravagant degree . Were the men to drive from the society of the women gentleness , complaisance , sensibility ; were the women to borrow ...
... qualities which are most estimable in each were allowed their influence in a beneficial , not an extravagant degree . Were the men to drive from the society of the women gentleness , complaisance , sensibility ; were the women to borrow ...
Page 162
... qualities , which might have been put to a very good account . What is worse , he is now sensible of this himself . - I knew not whether to smile or to cry , when , the other day , I heard him say , he was now growing old ; but one ...
... qualities , which might have been put to a very good account . What is worse , he is now sensible of this himself . - I knew not whether to smile or to cry , when , the other day , I heard him say , he was now growing old ; but one ...
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