The Speaker ; Or, Miscellaneous Pieces: Selected from the Best English Writers ... ; To which are Prefixed, Two Essays |
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... less extensive than that of writings intended for the com- munication of knowledge : and on account of its influence upon the state of the mind , it may perhaps be justly asserted to be not less important . It is the design of this ...
... less extensive than that of writings intended for the com- munication of knowledge : and on account of its influence upon the state of the mind , it may perhaps be justly asserted to be not less important . It is the design of this ...
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... less . of trouble and difficulty , of entanglement and perplexity , of danger and hazard in it ; it is the shortest and nearest way to our end , carrying us thither in a straight line , and will hold out and last longest . The arts of ...
... less . of trouble and difficulty , of entanglement and perplexity , of danger and hazard in it ; it is the shortest and nearest way to our end , carrying us thither in a straight line , and will hold out and last longest . The arts of ...
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... less in a single energy ; but in the just re- sult of many energies , each of which is essential to it . ' Hence , by obstacles unavoidable , it may often be retard- ed ; nay more , may be so embarrassed , as never possibly to be ...
... less in a single energy ; but in the just re- sult of many energies , each of which is essential to it . ' Hence , by obstacles unavoidable , it may often be retard- ed ; nay more , may be so embarrassed , as never possibly to be ...
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Virtue our higheſt Intereſt | 2 |
Elegy written in a Coun | 10 |
NARRATIVE PIECES | 14 |
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