The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 3-4 |
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... raise horror and aversion ? There is something dis- ingenuous and immoral in the being able to bear such a sight . Men of elegant and noble minds are shocked at seeing the characters of persons who de- serve esteem for their virtue ...
... raise horror and aversion ? There is something dis- ingenuous and immoral in the being able to bear such a sight . Men of elegant and noble minds are shocked at seeing the characters of persons who de- serve esteem for their virtue ...
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British essayists Alexander Chalmers. natural grandeur of the soul , raise in her a generous ambition , feed her with hopes of immortality and perfection , and do all they can to widen the partition between the virtuous and the vicious ...
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. natural grandeur of the soul , raise in her a generous ambition , feed her with hopes of immortality and perfection , and do all they can to widen the partition between the virtuous and the vicious ...
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... raised . altogether from a noble foundation , which makes much for the dignity of man's nature . For seeing this sensible world is in dignity inferior to the soul of man , poesy seems to endow ... raise the mind c 3 NO . 108 . 17 TATLER .
... raised . altogether from a noble foundation , which makes much for the dignity of man's nature . For seeing this sensible world is in dignity inferior to the soul of man , poesy seems to endow ... raise the mind c 3 NO . 108 . 17 TATLER .
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British essayists Alexander Chalmers. pation of divineness , because it doth raise the mind , and exalt the spirit with high raptures , by propor- tioning the shows of things to the desires of the mind , and not submitting the mind to ...
British essayists Alexander Chalmers. pation of divineness , because it doth raise the mind , and exalt the spirit with high raptures , by propor- tioning the shows of things to the desires of the mind , and not submitting the mind to ...
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... raised against it . They answered the objections with great strength and so- lidity of argument , and expatiated in very florid ha- rangues , which they did not fail to set off and furbe- low , if I may be allowed the metaphor , with ...
... raised against it . They answered the objections with great strength and so- lidity of argument , and expatiated in very florid ha- rangues , which they did not fail to set off and furbe- low , if I may be allowed the metaphor , with ...
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