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Page 111
... human abilities . Interest and passion will hold out long against the closest siege of diagrams and syllogisms , but they are absolutely impregnable to imagery and senti- ment ; and will for ever bid defiance to the most powerful strain ...
... human abilities . Interest and passion will hold out long against the closest siege of diagrams and syllogisms , but they are absolutely impregnable to imagery and senti- ment ; and will for ever bid defiance to the most powerful strain ...
Page 169
... human actions , the complicated influence of min- gled affections , the different modifications of interest and ambition , and the various causes of miscarriage and success , both in public and private affairs . Though his friends did ...
... human actions , the complicated influence of min- gled affections , the different modifications of interest and ambition , and the various causes of miscarriage and success , both in public and private affairs . Though his friends did ...
Page 311
... human folly , even in those who are most eminently jealous of comparative reputation , we confess , without reluc- tance , that vain man is ignorant of his own weakness , and therefore frequently presumes to attempt what he can never ...
... human folly , even in those who are most eminently jealous of comparative reputation , we confess , without reluc- tance , that vain man is ignorant of his own weakness , and therefore frequently presumes to attempt what he can never ...
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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