The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 - English essays |
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... reason , by all means demand vassalage upon that title . The contrary advice can be given for no other purpose in nature but to betray you , and favour other pretenders , by making you place a right which is in you only , upon a level ...
... reason , by all means demand vassalage upon that title . The contrary advice can be given for no other purpose in nature but to betray you , and favour other pretenders , by making you place a right which is in you only , upon a level ...
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... reason of this is , that you hardly see one play , wherein each of these ways of life is not drawn by hands that know nothing of any one of them ; and the truth is so far of the opposite side to what they paint , that it is more ...
... reason of this is , that you hardly see one play , wherein each of these ways of life is not drawn by hands that know nothing of any one of them ; and the truth is so far of the opposite side to what they paint , that it is more ...
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... reason , that I could imagine , but because I chanced to step into the coach before him , and place myself on the shady side . This , however , was but my own private guess ; for he did not mention a word of it , nor indeed of any thing ...
... reason , that I could imagine , but because I chanced to step into the coach before him , and place myself on the shady side . This , however , was but my own private guess ; for he did not mention a word of it , nor indeed of any thing ...
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... reason . Where such a constancy as this is wanting , the most in- flamed passion may fall away into coldness and indifference , and the most melting tenderness dege- nerate into hatred and aversion . I shall conclude this paper with a ...
... reason . Where such a constancy as this is wanting , the most in- flamed passion may fall away into coldness and indifference , and the most melting tenderness dege- nerate into hatred and aversion . I shall conclude this paper with a ...
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... reason , are violent against him . Thus it is folly in a plain- dealer to expect , that either his friends will reward him , or his enemies forgive him . For which rea- son , I thought it was the shortest way to impar- tiality , to put ...
... reason , are violent against him . Thus it is folly in a plain- dealer to expect , that either his friends will reward him , or his enemies forgive him . For which rea- son , I thought it was the shortest way to impar- tiality , to put ...
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