The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... mind of man . After this preface , you will expect I am go- ing to give particular instances of what I have as- serted . That expectation cannot be raised too high for the novelty of the history , and manner of life , of the emperor ...
... mind of man . After this preface , you will expect I am go- ing to give particular instances of what I have as- serted . That expectation cannot be raised too high for the novelty of the history , and manner of life , of the emperor ...
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... minds , without the relief ( in vacant hours ) of wit and love , which are the proper amusements of the powerful and the wise . This emperor , therefore , with great regularity , every day at five in the afternoon , leaves his money ...
... minds , without the relief ( in vacant hours ) of wit and love , which are the proper amusements of the powerful and the wise . This emperor , therefore , with great regularity , every day at five in the afternoon , leaves his money ...
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... mind , Like breezes of a southern wind , To temperate a sultry glorious day , Whose fannings , with an useful pride , Its mighty heat do softly guide , And , having clear'd the air , glide silently away . ' Thus his immensity of thought ...
... mind , Like breezes of a southern wind , To temperate a sultry glorious day , Whose fannings , with an useful pride , Its mighty heat do softly guide , And , having clear'd the air , glide silently away . ' Thus his immensity of thought ...
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... mind ; nor can our art , or all our boasted skill avail . Yet , O fair ! for thee ' - Thus the sage ran on , and owned the passion which he pitied , as well as that he felt a greater pain than ever he cured : after which he concluded ...
... mind ; nor can our art , or all our boasted skill avail . Yet , O fair ! for thee ' - Thus the sage ran on , and owned the passion which he pitied , as well as that he felt a greater pain than ever he cured : after which he concluded ...
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... mind as honour , the first step to her unhappy condition had never been made ; she had still been innocent , as she is beautiful . Were men so enlightened and studious of their own good , as to act by the dictates of their reason and ...
... mind as honour , the first step to her unhappy condition had never been made ; she had still been innocent , as she is beautiful . Were men so enlightened and studious of their own good , as to act by the dictates of their reason and ...
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