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Page 284
... ignorance with a fictitious mode . A thousand pleasing ex- pectations swarm in the fancy ; and all the approach- ing weeks are filled with distinctions , honours , and authority . But others , who have lately entered the world , or have ...
... ignorance with a fictitious mode . A thousand pleasing ex- pectations swarm in the fancy ; and all the approach- ing weeks are filled with distinctions , honours , and authority . But others , who have lately entered the world , or have ...
Page 311
... ignorant of his own weakness , and therefore frequently presumes to attempt what he can never accomplish ; but it ought likewise to be remembered , that man is no less ignorant of his own powers , and might perhaps have accomplished a ...
... ignorant of his own weakness , and therefore frequently presumes to attempt what he can never accomplish ; but it ought likewise to be remembered , that man is no less ignorant of his own powers , and might perhaps have accomplished a ...
Page 352
... ignorance of things which are known to all but themselves . Those who have been taught to consider the institutions of the schools as giving the last perfection to human abilities are surprised to see men wrinkled with study , yet ...
... ignorance of things which are known to all but themselves . Those who have been taught to consider the institutions of the schools as giving the last perfection to human abilities are surprised to see men wrinkled with study , yet ...
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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