The British Essayists: WorldJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... Character of Metastasio 172. Rules for playing the game of happiness Tilson 173. Prevalence of a spirit of defamation— how to be obviated 174. Folly of ambition greatness · • • Moore - Perplexities of 175. No uniformity in female ...
... Character of Metastasio 172. Rules for playing the game of happiness Tilson 173. Prevalence of a spirit of defamation— how to be obviated 174. Folly of ambition greatness · • • Moore - Perplexities of 175. No uniformity in female ...
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... Unknown and aunt on thick and thin sculls . Unknown 209. Account of the fatal accident which befel the author • Extra World - Character of H. F. • • Moore . Walpole THE WORLD . No. 141. THURSDAY , SEPT . 11 viii CONTENTS .
... Unknown and aunt on thick and thin sculls . Unknown 209. Account of the fatal accident which befel the author • Extra World - Character of H. F. • • Moore . Walpole THE WORLD . No. 141. THURSDAY , SEPT . 11 viii CONTENTS .
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... character , and do justice : suffer not exploits to drop into ob- livion , at which the Gymnasia of Greece and Italy would have stood aghast ; which would have been honoured with statues and crowns of olive at Olympia ; with a place in ...
... character , and do justice : suffer not exploits to drop into ob- livion , at which the Gymnasia of Greece and Italy would have stood aghast ; which would have been honoured with statues and crowns of olive at Olympia ; with a place in ...
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... character , as also of a good woman , which , according to some alehouse signs in the country , is a woman without a head . I have long been of opinion , that as the princi- pal virtue of a man is courage , so the principal virtue of a ...
... character , as also of a good woman , which , according to some alehouse signs in the country , is a woman without a head . I have long been of opinion , that as the princi- pal virtue of a man is courage , so the principal virtue of a ...
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... character than the weeping one ; but before I sit down , either to laugh or cry at the follies of mankind , as I have publicly enlisted myself in their service , it becomes me to administer every thing in my power to relieve or cure ...
... character than the weeping one ; but before I sit down , either to laugh or cry at the follies of mankind , as I have publicly enlisted myself in their service , it becomes me to administer every thing in my power to relieve or cure ...
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