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Page 69
... excellence , and the danger is still greater when that excellence is consecrated by death ; when envy and interest cease to act against it , and those passions , by which it was at first vili- fied and opposed , now stand in its defence ...
... excellence , and the danger is still greater when that excellence is consecrated by death ; when envy and interest cease to act against it , and those passions , by which it was at first vili- fied and opposed , now stand in its defence ...
Page 135
... ready to think must be admired by all the world . His fears , his uncertainties increased his love . " Every inquiry he made into the lady's domestic excellence 97 . 135 RAMBLER . The Folly of annual Retreats into the Country.
... ready to think must be admired by all the world . His fears , his uncertainties increased his love . " Every inquiry he made into the lady's domestic excellence 97 . 135 RAMBLER . The Folly of annual Retreats into the Country.
Page 303
... excellence is comparative ; that no man performs much but in proportion to what others accomplish , or to the time and oppor- tunities which have been allowed him ; and that he who stops at any point of excellence is every day sinking ...
... excellence is comparative ; that no man performs much but in proportion to what others accomplish , or to the time and oppor- tunities which have been allowed him ; and that he who stops at any point of excellence is every day sinking ...
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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