The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series of Essays |
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... courfe of human events . If a man produce a work of uncommon talents , it is immediately supposed that he has been through life an extraordinary creature , that the ftamp of divinity was upon him , that a circle of glory , invifible to ...
... courfe of human events . If a man produce a work of uncommon talents , it is immediately supposed that he has been through life an extraordinary creature , that the ftamp of divinity was upon him , that a circle of glory , invifible to ...
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... courfe , From fuch a time I began to live ; the mafs of what went before , was too poor to be recollected with complacence . In reality each of thefe ftages was an improvement upon that which went before ; and it is perhaps only at the ...
... courfe , From fuch a time I began to live ; the mafs of what went before , was too poor to be recollected with complacence . In reality each of thefe ftages was an improvement upon that which went before ; and it is perhaps only at the ...
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... courfe , is at- tended with uneafinefs , timidity and fhame ; it dif arms , ftill more ftrongly than it excites us ; and our reluctance to a life of profligacy can scarcely be over- come but by the ftimulus of bold and impudent fo ...
... courfe , is at- tended with uneafinefs , timidity and fhame ; it dif arms , ftill more ftrongly than it excites us ; and our reluctance to a life of profligacy can scarcely be over- come but by the ftimulus of bold and impudent fo ...
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... courfe of reading There is danger that there should be fomething too studied and monotonous in the felection we should make for him . Suffer him to wander in the wilds of literature . There is a prin- ciple in the human mind by which a ...
... courfe of reading There is danger that there should be fomething too studied and monotonous in the felection we should make for him . Suffer him to wander in the wilds of literature . There is a prin- ciple in the human mind by which a ...
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... courfe ; and fent to languish long years of , a baffled exiftence , with his limbs already withered and fhrunk up by the fhocks of calumny . That men should be condemned unjustly , is that which ought not to be ; that they should be ...
... courfe ; and fent to languish long years of , a baffled exiftence , with his limbs already withered and fhrunk up by the fhocks of calumny . That men should be condemned unjustly , is that which ought not to be ; that they should be ...
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againſt almoft becauſe cafe caufe cauſe cenfure Chap character child circumftance compofition confequence confiderable confidered confifts courfe defire degree difcernment Effay English language enquiry eſtabliſhed exercife exiftence exiſtence expreffion faid fame favour fcarcely fcience feems felf fenfe fenfibility fentiment fhall fhould fincerity firft firſt flave fociety fome fomething fometimes fource fpecies fpirit frequently ftand ftate ftill ftudy ftyle fubject fuch fuffer fufficiently fuperior fuppofe fyftem genius habits happineſs himſelf impoffible inftance inftruction intereft itſelf juft juftice labour language leaſt leffons lefs mafter mankind means ment mode moft morality moſt muft muſt neceffary nefs never obfervation occafion opinion ourſelves paffions pafs perfons perhaps philofophers pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent profe purpoſe queftion reader reafon refpect refult ſcarcely ſeems ſhall ſpeak ſtate talents taſk thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion ufually underſtanding uſe virtue whofe words worfe writers young perfons youth