The British Essayists: The LoungerJ. Richardson, 1823 - English essays |
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... persons of the latter description , idle in conduct , but of active minds , as they seldom experience the uneasiness of the one , seldom incur the blame of the other . As far as the freedom from dissipation extends , the writer of the ...
... persons of the latter description , idle in conduct , but of active minds , as they seldom experience the uneasiness of the one , seldom incur the blame of the other . As far as the freedom from dissipation extends , the writer of the ...
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... persons may otherwise be . The man of letters looks down with a conscious superiority on the man of business engaged in the ordinary affairs of life : the men of the world , on the other hand , feeling the importance of their own ...
... persons may otherwise be . The man of letters looks down with a conscious superiority on the man of business engaged in the ordinary affairs of life : the men of the world , on the other hand , feeling the importance of their own ...
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... person who is deficient in any one particular in which we excel . We ought , however , to recollect , that to aim at universal excellence is a vain and fruitless attempt , which seldom fails to ex- pose even men of the most superior ...
... person who is deficient in any one particular in which we excel . We ought , however , to recollect , that to aim at universal excellence is a vain and fruitless attempt , which seldom fails to ex- pose even men of the most superior ...
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... person merely ( were she formed like the Venus de Medicis ) , that can con- stitute a fine woman . There is something in the look , the manner , the voice , and still more the silence , of such a one as I mean , that has no connexion ...
... person merely ( were she formed like the Venus de Medicis ) , that can con- stitute a fine woman . There is something in the look , the manner , the voice , and still more the silence , of such a one as I mean , that has no connexion ...
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... persons whose actions they describe . The second class comprehends the very few historians who have viewed it as their chief business to unfold the more remote and general causes of public events , and have considered the giving an ...
... persons whose actions they describe . The second class comprehends the very few historians who have viewed it as their chief business to unfold the more remote and general causes of public events , and have considered the giving an ...
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