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One cannot indeed , without offence to yourself , observe , that you excel the rest of mankind in the least , as well as the greatest endowRO endowments . Nor were it a circumstance to be mentioned DEDICAT IO Ι N.
One cannot indeed , without offence to yourself , observe , that you excel the rest of mankind in the least , as well as the greatest endowRO endowments . Nor were it a circumstance to be mentioned DEDICAT IO Ι N.
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Nor were it a circumstance to be mentioned , if the graces and attractions of your person were not the only pre - eminence you have above others , which is left , almost , unobserved by greater writers . Yet how pleasing would it be to ...
Nor were it a circumstance to be mentioned , if the graces and attractions of your person were not the only pre - eminence you have above others , which is left , almost , unobserved by greater writers . Yet how pleasing would it be to ...
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... and to keep a watchful eye over all the inconsiderable circumstances of his behaviour and conversation ; or becaufe , as we have before observed , the fame temper of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame , naturally betrays us ...
... and to keep a watchful eye over all the inconsiderable circumstances of his behaviour and conversation ; or becaufe , as we have before observed , the fame temper of mind which inclines us to a desire of fame , naturally betrays us ...
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There is not any circumstance in Cæsar's character which gives me a greater idea of hin , than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in private conversation , " That he was fatisfied with his share to of life and fame ...
There is not any circumstance in Cæsar's character which gives me a greater idea of hin , than a saying which Cicero tells us he frequently made use of in private conversation , " That he was fatisfied with his share to of life and fame ...
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Every vir . tue requires time and place , a proper object and a fit conjunčture of circumstances , for the due exercise of it . A state of poverty obscures all the virtues of liberality and and munificence . The patience and fortitude ...
Every vir . tue requires time and place , a proper object and a fit conjunčture of circumstances , for the due exercise of it . A state of poverty obscures all the virtues of liberality and and munificence . The patience and fortitude ...
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