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... less virtuous than he found it ; that he may intercept the hopes of the rising generation , and spread snares for the soul with more dexterity ? What were their motives or what their excuses is below the dignity of reason to examine ...
... less virtuous than he found it ; that he may intercept the hopes of the rising generation , and spread snares for the soul with more dexterity ? What were their motives or what their excuses is below the dignity of reason to examine ...
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... less fre- quently even without design . It is not , however , to be doubted , that Virgil , who wrote amidst the light of criticism , and who owed so much of his success to art and labour , en- deavoured , among other excellences , to ...
... less fre- quently even without design . It is not , however , to be doubted , that Virgil , who wrote amidst the light of criticism , and who owed so much of his success to art and labour , en- deavoured , among other excellences , to ...
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... less is the reproach of temerity , when numbers will receive advantage by success , and only one be incommoded by failure . Men are generally willing to hear precepts by which ease is favoured ; and as no resentment is raised by general ...
... less is the reproach of temerity , when numbers will receive advantage by success , and only one be incommoded by failure . Men are generally willing to hear precepts by which ease is favoured ; and as no resentment is raised by general ...
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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