A manual of essays, selected from various authors, Band 21818 |
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... humour , neither is wit less eclipsed with the unquietness of mind , than beauty with the indisposition of body . So that it is almost as hard a thing to be a poet in despite of fortune , as it is in despite of nature . For my own part ...
... humour , neither is wit less eclipsed with the unquietness of mind , than beauty with the indisposition of body . So that it is almost as hard a thing to be a poet in despite of fortune , as it is in despite of nature . For my own part ...
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... humour with ourselves . I speak it without affectation or vanity , that no man has applied more assiduously than myself to the study of the fair sex ; and I aver it with the greatest simplicity of heart , that I have not only found the ...
... humour with ourselves . I speak it without affectation or vanity , that no man has applied more assiduously than myself to the study of the fair sex ; and I aver it with the greatest simplicity of heart , that I have not only found the ...
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... humour ; and so excessively weak as I now am , I may say with conscience , that I am not at all uneasy at the thought , that many men whom I never esteemed , are likely to enjoy the world after me . When I reflect what an inconsiderable ...
... humour ; and so excessively weak as I now am , I may say with conscience , that I am not at all uneasy at the thought , that many men whom I never esteemed , are likely to enjoy the world after me . When I reflect what an inconsiderable ...
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... humour with their present being : and yet into this unworthy service some eminent mora- lists both ancient and modern have not scrupled to compel her ! The genuine effects of true wisdom and knowledge , are altogether of a dif- ferent ...
... humour with their present being : and yet into this unworthy service some eminent mora- lists both ancient and modern have not scrupled to compel her ! The genuine effects of true wisdom and knowledge , are altogether of a dif- ferent ...
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... humour such patients in their fancies of being ill , and to prescribe some remedies , for fear of losing their practice to others , that pretend more skill in finding out the cause of diseases , or care in ad- vising remedies , of which ...
... humour such patients in their fancies of being ill , and to prescribe some remedies , for fear of losing their practice to others , that pretend more skill in finding out the cause of diseases , or care in ad- vising remedies , of which ...
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