The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... consider her in all her imperfections ; and that I might be sure to hear of them constantly , kept company with those her female friends , who were her dearest and most intimate acquaintance . 6 Among her highest imperfections , I still ...
... consider her in all her imperfections ; and that I might be sure to hear of them constantly , kept company with those her female friends , who were her dearest and most intimate acquaintance . 6 Among her highest imperfections , I still ...
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... consider it under its worst appearances . They give mean interpretations and base motives to the wor- thiest actions : they resolve virtue and vice into constitution . In short , they endeavour to make no distinction between man and man ...
... consider it under its worst appearances . They give mean interpretations and base motives to the wor- thiest actions : they resolve virtue and vice into constitution . In short , they endeavour to make no distinction between man and man ...
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... consider that the British nation , which is now at a greater height of glory for its councils and conquests than it ever was before , should distinguish itself by a certain looseness of principles , and a falling off from those schemes ...
... consider that the British nation , which is now at a greater height of glory for its councils and conquests than it ever was before , should distinguish itself by a certain looseness of principles , and a falling off from those schemes ...
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... consider an infidel , whether distinguished by the title of deist , atheist , or free - thinker , in three different lights , in his soli- tudes , his afflictions , and his last moments . A wise man , that lives up to the principles of ...
... consider an infidel , whether distinguished by the title of deist , atheist , or free - thinker , in three different lights , in his soli- tudes , his afflictions , and his last moments . A wise man , that lives up to the principles of ...
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... consider him under the terrors , or at the approach of death . 6 6 About thirty years ago I was a - shipboard with one of these vermin , when there arose a brisk gale , which could frighten nobody but himself . Upon the rolling of the ...
... consider him under the terrors , or at the approach of death . 6 6 About thirty years ago I was a - shipboard with one of these vermin , when there arose a brisk gale , which could frighten nobody but himself . Upon the rolling of the ...
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