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Page 70
... attention which is already en- gaged , and unwilling to be drawn off from certain satisfaction ; or , perhaps , to an attention already wearied , and not to be recalled to the same ob- ject . One of the old poets congratulates himself ...
... attention which is already en- gaged , and unwilling to be drawn off from certain satisfaction ; or , perhaps , to an attention already wearied , and not to be recalled to the same ob- ject . One of the old poets congratulates himself ...
Page 129
... attention naturally follows our interest , we hear unwillingly what we are afraid to know , and soon forget what we have no inclination to impress upon our memories . For this reason many arts of instruction have been invented , by ...
... attention naturally follows our interest , we hear unwillingly what we are afraid to know , and soon forget what we have no inclination to impress upon our memories . For this reason many arts of instruction have been invented , by ...
Page 169
... attention to changes of countenance , bursts of inconsideration , sallies of passion , and all the other casualties by which he used to trace a character , yet they could not deny the study of human nature to be worthy of a wise man ...
... attention to changes of countenance , bursts of inconsideration , sallies of passion , and all the other casualties by which he used to trace a character , yet they could not deny the study of human nature to be worthy of a wise man ...
Contents
Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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