The British Essayists, Том 10Alexander Chalmers J. Johnson, 1808 |
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... mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it : whether it be that a man's sense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more ...
... mean and narrow minds are the least actuated by it : whether it be that a man's sense of his own incapacities makes him despair of coming at fame , or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more ...
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... mean and deficient in his qualifications , than of making any sin- gle one eminent or extraordinary . Among those who are the most richly endowed by nature , and accomplished by their own industry , how few are there whose virtues are ...
... mean and deficient in his qualifications , than of making any sin- gle one eminent or extraordinary . Among those who are the most richly endowed by nature , and accomplished by their own industry , how few are there whose virtues are ...
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... mean by this end , that happiness which is reserved for us in another world , which every one has abilities to pro- cure , and which will bring along with it , ' fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore . ' How the pursuit after fame ...
... mean by this end , that happiness which is reserved for us in another world , which every one has abilities to pro- cure , and which will bring along with it , ' fulness of joy and pleasures for evermore . ' How the pursuit after fame ...
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... mean or trivial for the entertainment of reasonable creatures . As to the diversions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poetry and music . My own private opinion , with relation to such recreations , I have ...
... mean or trivial for the entertainment of reasonable creatures . As to the diversions of this kind in this town , we owe them to the arts of poetry and music . My own private opinion , with relation to such recreations , I have ...
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... means or for any pur- pose over - flattered , are apt to practise this , which one may call the preventing aspect , and throw their at- tention another way , lest they should confer a bow or a curtsy upon a person who might not appear ...
... means or for any pur- pose over - flattered , are apt to practise this , which one may call the preventing aspect , and throw their at- tention another way , lest they should confer a bow or a curtsy upon a person who might not appear ...
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