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Page 57
... labour , and an encouragement to expect the same renown , if it be sought by the same virtues . The virtuoso , therefore , cannot be said to be wholly useless ; but perhaps he may be sometimes culpable for confining himself to business ...
... labour , and an encouragement to expect the same renown , if it be sought by the same virtues . The virtuoso , therefore , cannot be said to be wholly useless ; but perhaps he may be sometimes culpable for confining himself to business ...
Page 183
... labour of the search . Every period of time has produced these bubbles of artificial fame , which are kept up a while by the breath of fashion , and then break at once , and are annihilated . The learned often be- wail the loss of ...
... labour of the search . Every period of time has produced these bubbles of artificial fame , which are kept up a while by the breath of fashion , and then break at once , and are annihilated . The learned often be- wail the loss of ...
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... labour , or dread of miscarriage , seizes those who are most distinguished for quickness of apprehension ; and that they who might with great- est reason promise themselves victory are least willing to hazard the encounter . This ...
... labour , or dread of miscarriage , seizes those who are most distinguished for quickness of apprehension ; and that they who might with great- est reason promise themselves victory are least willing to hazard the encounter . This ...
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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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