The British Essayists: TatlerNichols and Son, 1817 |
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Pàgina 107
... true merit from the pretence to it . As it shall ever be my study to make discoveries of this nature in human life , and to settle the proper distinctions between the virtues and perfections of mankind , and those false colours and ...
... true merit from the pretence to it . As it shall ever be my study to make discoveries of this nature in human life , and to settle the proper distinctions between the virtues and perfections of mankind , and those false colours and ...
Pàgina 113
... true cause of their sudden familiarities , would think that they had some secret intimation of each other , like the Free - masons . The other day at Will's I heard Modely , and a critic of the same order , show their equal talents with ...
... true cause of their sudden familiarities , would think that they had some secret intimation of each other , like the Free - masons . The other day at Will's I heard Modely , and a critic of the same order , show their equal talents with ...
Pàgina 127
... true Esquire's in Great Britain , to keep and com- pare accounts of what wash is drunk up in so many hours in the parlour and the pig - stye , it would ap- pear the gentleman of the house gives much more to his friends than his hogs ...
... true Esquire's in Great Britain , to keep and com- pare accounts of what wash is drunk up in so many hours in the parlour and the pig - stye , it would ap- pear the gentleman of the house gives much more to his friends than his hogs ...
Pàgina 131
... true happi- ness and tranquillity , to fix our minds upon any thing which is in the power of fortune . It is ex- cusable only in animals who have not the use of reason , to be catched by hooks and baits . Wealth , glory , and power ...
... true happi- ness and tranquillity , to fix our minds upon any thing which is in the power of fortune . It is ex- cusable only in animals who have not the use of reason , to be catched by hooks and baits . Wealth , glory , and power ...
Pàgina 149
... true in the choice of studies ; and no one will ever relish an author thoroughly well , who would not have been fit company for that author , had they lived at the same time . All others are mechanics in learning , and take the ...
... true in the choice of studies ; and no one will ever relish an author thoroughly well , who would not have been fit company for that author , had they lived at the same time . All others are mechanics in learning , and take the ...
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