The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 25 |
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... gains an acknowledged victory , but without any apparent superiority ; and the reader , when he sees the prize adjudged , is not able to discover how it was deserved . Of the eighth pastoral , so little is properly the work of Virgil ...
... gains an acknowledged victory , but without any apparent superiority ; and the reader , when he sees the prize adjudged , is not able to discover how it was deserved . Of the eighth pastoral , so little is properly the work of Virgil ...
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... gain only embitters the loss that follows . Such is the life of him , who shuns business because he would secure leisure for enjoyment ; except it happens , against the odds of a million to one , that a run of success puts him into the ...
... gain only embitters the loss that follows . Such is the life of him , who shuns business because he would secure leisure for enjoyment ; except it happens , against the odds of a million to one , that a run of success puts him into the ...
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... gain but by the probability of loss . As success and disappointment are under the in- fluence of imagination , so are ease and health ; each of which may be considered as a kind of nega- tive good , that may either degenerate into weari ...
... gain but by the probability of loss . As success and disappointment are under the in- fluence of imagination , so are ease and health ; each of which may be considered as a kind of nega- tive good , that may either degenerate into weari ...
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... gain favour by success ; and the tongue that was prepared to hiss , then endeavours to excel others in loudness of applause . When Coriolanus , in Shakspeare , deserted to Aufidius , the Volscian servants at first insulted him , even ...
... gain favour by success ; and the tongue that was prepared to hiss , then endeavours to excel others in loudness of applause . When Coriolanus , in Shakspeare , deserted to Aufidius , the Volscian servants at first insulted him , even ...
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... gain the territories for which they fought , and when at last gained , they could not keep them : their expeditions , therefore , have been the scoff of idleness and ignorance , their understanding and their virtue have been equally ...
... gain the territories for which they fought , and when at last gained , they could not keep them : their expeditions , therefore , have been the scoff of idleness and ignorance , their understanding and their virtue have been equally ...
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