The Spectator, Volume 4Payne, Rivington, 1799 - English essays |
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... Because the ftrong defire of fame breeds feve- ral vicious habits in the mind . Secondly , Because many of those actions , which are apt to procure fame , are not in their nature conducive to this our ultimate happinefs . Thirdly , Because ...
... Because the ftrong defire of fame breeds feve- ral vicious habits in the mind . Secondly , Because many of those actions , which are apt to procure fame , are not in their nature conducive to this our ultimate happinefs . Thirdly , Because ...
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... because the fame actions may be aimed at differ- ent ends , and arife from quite contrary principles . Actions are of fo mixt a nature , and fo full of circum- ftances , that as men pry into them more or lefs , or obferve fome parts ...
... because the fame actions may be aimed at differ- ent ends , and arife from quite contrary principles . Actions are of fo mixt a nature , and fo full of circum- ftances , that as men pry into them more or lefs , or obferve fome parts ...
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... because the action proposed to be cele- brated was that of his fettling himself in Latium . But because it was neceffary for the reader to know what had happened to him in the taking of Troy , and in the preceding parts of his voyage ...
... because the action proposed to be cele- brated was that of his fettling himself in Latium . But because it was neceffary for the reader to know what had happened to him in the taking of Troy , and in the preceding parts of his voyage ...
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