Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Volume 1proprietor, 1806 - English literature |
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... character , strikes the beholders with vene- ration ; and such a person never appears with greater dig- nity , than , when tempered with mildness , and enlivened with good humour , it acts as the guide and patron of youth . The good ...
... character , strikes the beholders with vene- ration ; and such a person never appears with greater dig- nity , than , when tempered with mildness , and enlivened with good humour , it acts as the guide and patron of youth . The good ...
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... character , by cultivating fidelity and truth , and banishing every sort of dissimulation that tends to mischief . Happy beyond comparison may we con- sider those who are led into safe and honourable associa- tions for there is no ...
... character , by cultivating fidelity and truth , and banishing every sort of dissimulation that tends to mischief . Happy beyond comparison may we con- sider those who are led into safe and honourable associa- tions for there is no ...
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... character . His heart was tenderness and huma- nity itself ; his friendship warm , steady and disinterested ; his benevolence universal ; and his integrity inviolate . Nor were these the untried virtues of retirement ; for he was early ...
... character . His heart was tenderness and huma- nity itself ; his friendship warm , steady and disinterested ; his benevolence universal ; and his integrity inviolate . Nor were these the untried virtues of retirement ; for he was early ...
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