The British Essayists: With Preface Biographical and Critical, Volume 45T. and J. Allman, 1823 - English essays |
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Page 13
... truth I am in- clined to be of his opinion ; for many a friend of mine , many a fellow - citizen of this lesser world , would , had his own heedless imprecations on himself taken effect , long ere this have groaned under the compli ...
... truth I am in- clined to be of his opinion ; for many a friend of mine , many a fellow - citizen of this lesser world , would , had his own heedless imprecations on himself taken effect , long ere this have groaned under the compli ...
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... truth have imposed upon her ; we can only reflect , and draw useful in- ferences from the various events which crowd , the historic page ; from the various calamities which the treachery , the ambition , and the crimes , of one small ...
... truth have imposed upon her ; we can only reflect , and draw useful in- ferences from the various events which crowd , the historic page ; from the various calamities which the treachery , the ambition , and the crimes , of one small ...
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... truth of this observation has been already too severely exempli- fied to be doubted ; may not a similar corruption of manners produce a similar decline in the arts and To shew that speculation is in some instances at least well grounded ...
... truth of this observation has been already too severely exempli- fied to be doubted ; may not a similar corruption of manners produce a similar decline in the arts and To shew that speculation is in some instances at least well grounded ...
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... truth , and learn- ing . To contract myself to a narrower sphere , may not reflection heave a sigh , when she beholds the vestiges of this nursery of genius , where so many patriots , philosophers , and poets , each in their re ...
... truth , and learn- ing . To contract myself to a narrower sphere , may not reflection heave a sigh , when she beholds the vestiges of this nursery of genius , where so many patriots , philosophers , and poets , each in their re ...
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... daily enable us in some measure to controvert this reasoning . In order to reduce our inquiry as near the truth as possible , let us , by placing the ar- est guments of opposite prejudice in equal balances , m 58 N ° 8 . MICROCOSM .
... daily enable us in some measure to controvert this reasoning . In order to reduce our inquiry as near the truth as possible , let us , by placing the ar- est guments of opposite prejudice in equal balances , m 58 N ° 8 . MICROCOSM .
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