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Page xv
... appears to have applied with great assiduity to the studies pursued in that University . By his own account he left it , after a residence of two years , a tho- rough classical pedant ; he had , however , kept in mind the destination to ...
... appears to have applied with great assiduity to the studies pursued in that University . By his own account he left it , after a residence of two years , a tho- rough classical pedant ; he had , however , kept in mind the destination to ...
Page xvi
... appears to have entertained the warmest and most uninterrupted affection was his maternal cousin , General Sey- mour Conway , with whom he was brought up from childhood , and who accompanied him in part of his first tour . Their ...
... appears to have entertained the warmest and most uninterrupted affection was his maternal cousin , General Sey- mour Conway , with whom he was brought up from childhood , and who accompanied him in part of his first tour . Their ...
Page xxi
... appears always to have been received with distinction . He con- tracted a very particular intimacy with Madame du Deffand , a lady whose old age and blind- ness did not prevent her from keeping a great deal of the best company in Paris ...
... appears always to have been received with distinction . He con- tracted a very particular intimacy with Madame du Deffand , a lady whose old age and blind- ness did not prevent her from keeping a great deal of the best company in Paris ...
Page 52
... appear to be produced by a bad heart , and every cheerful face by a good one . But it will be no discouragement to virtue to say , that the reverse of this is much oftener the case ; nay , so obstinate am I in this opinion , that I ...
... appear to be produced by a bad heart , and every cheerful face by a good one . But it will be no discouragement to virtue to say , that the reverse of this is much oftener the case ; nay , so obstinate am I in this opinion , that I ...
Page 53
... appears by the concurrent testimony of all historians , that the sex was not ab- solutely without fault . Jupiter , when he made Man , brought with him from heaven a nymph called Felicia , or Happiness , to be his companion . The better ...
... appears by the concurrent testimony of all historians , that the sex was not ab- solutely without fault . Jupiter , when he made Man , brought with him from heaven a nymph called Felicia , or Happiness , to be his companion . The better ...
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