The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Томови 17-18 |
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... never heeded at London . " Mr. Frolic next day appeared among the gentle- men at their weekly meeting on the bowling - green , and now were seen the effects of a London educa- tion . His dress , his language , his ideas , were all new ...
... never heeded at London . " Mr. Frolic next day appeared among the gentle- men at their weekly meeting on the bowling - green , and now were seen the effects of a London educa- tion . His dress , his language , his ideas , were all new ...
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... never rose above the ground , or quickly fell back , nor ever approached the throne of Hope , but continued still to gaze at a dis- tance , and laughed at the slow progress of those whom they saw toiling in the Streight of Difficulty ...
... never rose above the ground , or quickly fell back , nor ever approached the throne of Hope , but continued still to gaze at a dis- tance , and laughed at the slow progress of those whom they saw toiling in the Streight of Difficulty ...
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... never break into complaint . Perhaps , likewise , our pleasures are for the most part equally secret , and most are borne up by some private satisfaction , some internal con- sciousness , some latent hope , some peculiar prospect ...
... never break into complaint . Perhaps , likewise , our pleasures are for the most part equally secret , and most are borne up by some private satisfaction , some internal con- sciousness , some latent hope , some peculiar prospect ...
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... never can grow wiser , that neither precepts nor testimonies can cure boys of their cre- dulity and sufficiency ; and that not one can be con- vinced that snares are laid for him , till he finds him- self entangled . Thus one generation ...
... never can grow wiser , that neither precepts nor testimonies can cure boys of their cre- dulity and sufficiency ; and that not one can be con- vinced that snares are laid for him , till he finds him- self entangled . Thus one generation ...
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... never tried his resolution in any encounters with hope or fear , believes it able to stand firm , whatever shall oppose it , will be always clamorous against the smallest failure , ready to exact the utmost punctualities of right , and ...
... never tried his resolution in any encounters with hope or fear , believes it able to stand firm , whatever shall oppose it , will be always clamorous against the smallest failure , ready to exact the utmost punctualities of right , and ...
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Ajax amusements Aristotle attention beauty celebrated censure common considered contempt curiosity Dagon danger delight Demochares desire dignity dili diligence discovered DRYDEN easily elegance endeavoured envy equally expected eyes fancy father favour fear flattered folly fortune frequently genius gratify happiness heart hexameter honour hope hour human idleness imagination inclined inquiry JANUARY 26 judgement Jupiter justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less live look mankind ment Milton mind miscarriage misery nature necessary neglect nerally ness never numbers observed once opinion OVID pain passed passions pauses perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure poets portunity praise precepts produce quired racters RAMBLER reason regard reproach rest risum Samson SATURDAY scarcely seldom sion sometimes soon sound spect suffer surely suspiria syllables thing thou thought tion tivate truth TUESDAY tural vanity verse VIRG Virgil virtue wisdom writer
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