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The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe - Page 258
by Daniel Defoe - 1854
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Memoirs of Capt. George Carleton, an English Officer: Including Anecdotes of ...

Daniel Defoe, George Carleton - Europe - 1808 - 516 pages
...error of judgment to maintain a priori, that a thing cannot possibly be well done, which has taken kss time in doing than the person passing sentence had...•well to observe, who, not satisfied with discharging their duty, desire also the good report of men. To the want of that grave, serious, businesslike deportment,...
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Foster's Cabinet Miscellany: A Series of Publications on Various ..., Volume 3

Literature - 1837 - 598 pages
...themselves execute (if at all) with the sweat of their brow and in the heaviness of their hearts. There is a certain hypocrisy in business, whether civil or...well to observe, who, not satisfied with discharging their duty, desire also the good repute of men." It was not long before some of the dull malignants...
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Memoirs of the life of sir Walter Scott [by J.G. Lockhart].

John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 430 pages
...themselves execute (if at all) with the sweat of their brow and in the heaviness of their hearts. There is a certain hypocrisy in business, whether civil or...well to observe who, not satisfied with discharging their duty, desire also the good repute of men." It was not long before some of the dull malignants...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 3

John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 426 pages
...themselves execute (if at all) with the sweat of their brow and in the heaviness of their hearts. There is a certain hypocrisy in business, whether civil or...well to observe who, not satisfied with discharging their duty, desire also the good repute of men." It was not long- before some of the dull malignants...
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Memoirs of the Life of Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 3

John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 432 pages
...themselves execute (if at all) with the sweat of their brow and in the heaviness of their hearts. There is a certain hypocrisy in business, whether civil or...as in religion, which they will do well to observe vrho, not satisfied with discharging their duty, desire also the good repute of men." It was not long...
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The Memoirs of Captain George Carleton: and The Life and Adventures of Mrs ...

Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 452 pages
...last called home in discontent0." The cause of this strange step it would be c Conduct of the Allies. tedious here to investigate. One ostensible reason...well to observe, who, not satisfied with discharging their duty, desire also the good report of men. To the want of that grave, serious, business-like deportment,...
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The Memoirs of Captain George Carleton: And The Life and Adventures of Mrs ...

Daniel Defoe - Great Britain - 1840 - 448 pages
...called home in discontent 0 ." The cause of this strange step it would be c Conduct of the Allies. tedious here to investigate. One ostensible reason...well to observe, who, not satisfied with discharging their duty, desire also the good report of men. To the want of that grave, serious, business-like deportment,...
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The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt, Volume 2

Daniel Defoe - 1840 - 1024 pages
...their brow, and in the heaviness of their heart. It is no uncommon error of judgment to maintain d priori that a thing cannot possibly be well done which...anticipated. There is also a certain hypocrisy in business, II whether civil or military, as well as in religion, which they will do well to observe, who, not...
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The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt, Volume 2

Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 728 pages
...their brow, and in the heaviness of their heart. It is no uncommon error of judgment to maintain à priori that a thing cannot possibly be well done which...well to observe, who, not satisfied with discharging their duty, desire also the good report of men. To the want of that grave, serious, business-like deportment,...
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The works of Daniel Defoe: with a memoir of his life and writings, Volume 2

Daniel Defoe - 1841 - 698 pages
...and in the heaviness of their heart. It is no uncommon error of judgment to maintain <i priori thst a thing cannot possibly be well done which has taken...well to observe, who, not satisfied with discharging their duty, desire also the good report of men. To the want of that grave, serious, business-like deportment,...
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