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...accelerated, sometimes retarded, or perplexed by multiplied combinations. We are prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by...life among his books, — the merchant, who conducted his own affairs, — the priest, whose sphere of action was not extended beyond that of his duty, —...

...sometimes retarded, or perplexed by multiplied combinations. We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by...danger, entangled by desire, and seduced by pleasure. How important, then, must be the task of the biographer. For it is he who initiates us into the mysteries...

...possibility of good or ill but is common to human kind. " We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by...danger, entangled by desire and seduced by pleasure. "Those parallel circumstances and kindred images, to which we readily conform our minds, are, above...

...of which a judicious and faithful narrative would not be useful, and that if it is objected to the relations of particular lives that they are not distinguished by any striking or wonderful vicissitudes, this notion arises from false measures of excellence and dignity, and must be eradicated by considering...

...sometimes retarded, or perplexed by multiplied combinations. We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by...life among his books ; the merchant, who conducted his own affairs ; the priest, whose sphere of action-was not extended beyond that of his duty, are...

...passed a life", says Dr. Johnson, " of which a judicious, a faithful narrative would not be useful. It is frequently objected to relations of particular...wonderful vicissitudes. The scholar who passed his days among his books ; the merchant who conducted only his own affairs ; the priest whose sphere of...

...sometimes retarded, or perplexed by multiplied combinations. We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by...is frequently objected to relations of particular livesSf that they are not distinguished by any striking or wonderful' vicissitudes. The scholar who...

...sometimes retarded, or perplexed by multiplied combinations. We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by...any striking or wonderful vicissitudes. The scholar 1 who passed his life among his books, the merchant who conducted only his own affairs, the priest...

...sometimes retarded, or perplexed by multi- 35 plied combinations. We are all prompted by the same motives, all deceived by the same fallacies, all animated by...that they are not distinguished by any striking or 5 wonderful vicissitudes. The scholar who passed his life among his books, the merchant who conducted...