The British Essayists: SpectatorAlexander Chalmers J. M'Creery, Printer, 1817 - English essays |
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... turn upon allaying our pain , rather than promoting our joy . Great inqui- etude is to be avoided , but great felicity is not to be attained . The great lesson is equanimity , a regu- larity of spirit , which is a little above ...
... turn upon allaying our pain , rather than promoting our joy . Great inqui- etude is to be avoided , but great felicity is not to be attained . The great lesson is equanimity , a regu- larity of spirit , which is a little above ...
Page 8
... turn your thoughts to the advantage of such as want you most ; and shew that simplicity , innocence , industry , and temperance , are arts which lead to tranquillity , as much as learning , wisdom , knowledge , and contemplation . I am ...
... turn your thoughts to the advantage of such as want you most ; and shew that simplicity , innocence , industry , and temperance , are arts which lead to tranquillity , as much as learning , wisdom , knowledge , and contemplation . I am ...
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... turn to their minds , but is very often apparent in their outward beha- viour , and some of the most indifferent actions of their lives . It is this air diffusing itself over the whole man , which helps us to find out a person at his ...
... turn to their minds , but is very often apparent in their outward beha- viour , and some of the most indifferent actions of their lives . It is this air diffusing itself over the whole man , which helps us to find out a person at his ...
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... turn this generative faculty to the advantage of the public . In the mean time , until these gentlemen may be thus disposed of , I would earnestly exhort them to take care of those unfortunate creatures whom they have brought into the ...
... turn this generative faculty to the advantage of the public . In the mean time , until these gentlemen may be thus disposed of , I would earnestly exhort them to take care of those unfortunate creatures whom they have brought into the ...
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... turn into excellencies and advantages . I do assure you , I am very much afraid of venturing upon you . I now like you in spite of my reason , and think it an ill circumstance to owe one's happiness to no- thing but infatuation . I can ...
... turn into excellencies and advantages . I do assure you , I am very much afraid of venturing upon you . I now like you in spite of my reason , and think it an ill circumstance to owe one's happiness to no- thing but infatuation . I can ...
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