The British Essayists: RamblerAlexander Chalmers J. M'Creery, Printer, 1817 - English essays |
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... heart , but give occasion only to some subtilties of reasoning , or elegancies of declamation , which are heard , applauded , and forgotten . It is , indeed , not hard to conceive how a man accustomed to extend his views through a long ...
... heart , but give occasion only to some subtilties of reasoning , or elegancies of declamation , which are heard , applauded , and forgotten . It is , indeed , not hard to conceive how a man accustomed to extend his views through a long ...
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... heart , but the recollection of acts of goodness ; nor to excite his attention , but some opportunity for the exercise of the duties of religion . Every thing that terminated on this side of the grave was received with coldness and ...
... heart , but the recollection of acts of goodness ; nor to excite his attention , but some opportunity for the exercise of the duties of religion . Every thing that terminated on this side of the grave was received with coldness and ...
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... heart . At first , she visited me at school , and afterwards wrote to me ; but in a short time both her visits and her letters were at an end , and no other notice was taken of me than to remit money for my support . When I came home ...
... heart . At first , she visited me at school , and afterwards wrote to me ; but in a short time both her visits and her letters were at an end , and no other notice was taken of me than to remit money for my support . When I came home ...
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... hearts , without knowing or suspecting that they are every day deservedly incur- ring resentments , by withholding from those with whom they converse , that regard , or appearance of regard , to which every one is entitled by the ...
... hearts , without knowing or suspecting that they are every day deservedly incur- ring resentments , by withholding from those with whom they converse , that regard , or appearance of regard , to which every one is entitled by the ...
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... heart to the accumulation of riches . They who are acquainted with these authors need not be told how riches excite pity , contempt , or re- proach , whenever they are mentioned ; with what numbers of examples the danger of large ...
... heart to the accumulation of riches . They who are acquainted with these authors need not be told how riches excite pity , contempt , or re- proach , whenever they are mentioned ; with what numbers of examples the danger of large ...
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