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... , turn all his force of argument against a stupid contempt of life , and rash precipitation into unnecessary danger . Every recession from teme- rity is an approach towards cowardice , and though it 20 76 . RAMBLER .
... , turn all his force of argument against a stupid contempt of life , and rash precipitation into unnecessary danger . Every recession from teme- rity is an approach towards cowardice , and though it 20 76 . RAMBLER .
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... contempt , or the omissions of negligence . The Macedonian conqueror , when he was once invited to hear a man that sung like a nightingale , replied with contempt , " that he had heard the nightingale herself ; " and the same treatment ...
... contempt , or the omissions of negligence . The Macedonian conqueror , when he was once invited to hear a man that sung like a nightingale , replied with contempt , " that he had heard the nightingale herself ; " and the same treatment ...
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... contempt . Some were indeed admitted by Caprice , when they least expected it , and heaped by Patronage with the ... contemptuous ; yet they were often , notwithstanding their obedience , seized on a sudden by Caprice , divested of their ...
... contempt . Some were indeed admitted by Caprice , when they least expected it , and heaped by Patronage with the ... contemptuous ; yet they were often , notwithstanding their obedience , seized on a sudden by Caprice , divested of their ...
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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