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Page 42
... observation : With what caution does the hen pro- vide herfelf a neft in places unfrequent ed , and free from noife and disturbance ? When he has laid her eggs in fuch a manner that the can cover them , what care does she take in ...
... observation : With what caution does the hen pro- vide herfelf a neft in places unfrequent ed , and free from noife and disturbance ? When he has laid her eggs in fuch a manner that the can cover them , what care does she take in ...
Page 83
... observation , can one avoid reflecting upon the diforder in which human nature plainly appears at prefent to lie ? We behold , in Haman , the picture of that mifery , which arifes from evil paffions ; of that unhappiness , which is ...
... observation , can one avoid reflecting upon the diforder in which human nature plainly appears at prefent to lie ? We behold , in Haman , the picture of that mifery , which arifes from evil paffions ; of that unhappiness , which is ...
Page 341
... observe on my own behalf , that I did not write for the Crowd . I offer my reflections to the few who are willing to bestow a thought now and then on their own minds , and take a fedate view of that picture , which it is the great art ...
... observe on my own behalf , that I did not write for the Crowd . I offer my reflections to the few who are willing to bestow a thought now and then on their own minds , and take a fedate view of that picture , which it is the great art ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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