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... scene 81. The great rule of action . Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity 82. The virtuoso's account of his rarities 31 36 42 48 54 - 59 64 NUMB . 83. The virtuoso's curiosity justified 84. A young.
... scene 81. The great rule of action . Debts of justice to be distinguished from debts of charity 82. The virtuoso's account of his rarities 31 36 42 48 54 - 59 64 NUMB . 83. The virtuoso's curiosity justified 84. A young.
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... rule of action , which it is proper always to have present to the attention , and by which the use of every hour is to be adjusted . Yet , if we consider the conduct of those sententious philosophers , it will often be found , that they ...
... rule of action , which it is proper always to have present to the attention , and by which the use of every hour is to be adjusted . Yet , if we consider the conduct of those sententious philosophers , it will often be found , that they ...
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... rule of approbation , my remarks were remembered by those who desired the second degree of fame , my mien was studied , my dress was imitated , my let- ters were handed from one family to another , and read by those who copied them as ...
... rule of approbation , my remarks were remembered by those who desired the second degree of fame , my mien was studied , my dress was imitated , my let- ters were handed from one family to another , and read by those who copied them as ...
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... rule , that no one ought to remind another of misfortunes of which the sufferer does not com- plain , and which there are no means proposed of alleviating . You have no right to excite thoughts which necessarily give pain whenever they ...
... rule , that no one ought to remind another of misfortunes of which the sufferer does not com- plain , and which there are no means proposed of alleviating . You have no right to excite thoughts which necessarily give pain whenever they ...
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... rule to treat men according to the rank of their intellect , I had never suffered any one to waste his life in suspense , who could have employed it to better purpose , and had therefore no enemies but coxcombs , whose resentment and ...
... rule to treat men according to the rank of their intellect , I had never suffered any one to waste his life in suspense , who could have employed it to better purpose , and had therefore no enemies but coxcombs , whose resentment and ...
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Ajax amusements Aristotle attention beauty CAPRICE celebrated censure common considered contempt critick curiosity Dagon danger delight Demochares desire dignity diligence discover domestick elegance endeavoured envy equally excellence expected expence extempo eyes FALSEHOOD fancy favour fear February 19 flattered folly fortune frequently genius gisms gratifications happiness harmony heart Homer honour hope hopes and fears hour human idleness imagination inclined innu January 26 JUPITER justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less lives look mankind March 19 ment Milton mind miscarriages nature necessary negligence ness never NUMB numbers observed once opinion OVID passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure praise precepts pride publick RAMBLER reason regard reproach ruentes SATURDAY scarcely seldom sentiments shew sometimes soon sophisms sound species spect suffer surely syllables thing thou thought tion truth TUESDAY vanity verse Virgil virtue writer
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