The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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James Ferguson. so eminently tended to enlighten and adorn the path of common life , and form the manners of our nation . Of the origin of this species of writing the celebrated Dr. JOHNSON has given a sketch , which , though written in ...
James Ferguson. so eminently tended to enlighten and adorn the path of common life , and form the manners of our nation . Of the origin of this species of writing the celebrated Dr. JOHNSON has given a sketch , which , though written in ...
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... common life . No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the savageness of neglect , or the impertinence of civility ; to shew when to speak , or to be silent ; how to re- fuse , or how to comply . We had many books to teach us our ...
... common life . No writers had yet undertaken to reform either the savageness of neglect , or the impertinence of civility ; to shew when to speak , or to be silent ; how to re- fuse , or how to comply . We had many books to teach us our ...
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... common news- paper . Its leading purpose , however , was to improve the public morals and manners by holding up to ridicule fashionable follies and vices of every kind , and inculcating just and liberal sentiments on common topics ...
... common news- paper . Its leading purpose , however , was to improve the public morals and manners by holding up to ridicule fashionable follies and vices of every kind , and inculcating just and liberal sentiments on common topics ...
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... even in the most civilized state of society , who , by inherit- ing property , enjoy an exemption from personal labour adequate to the pursuit ; neither among those privileged is it common to find many who possess xxxiv HISTORICAL AND.
... even in the most civilized state of society , who , by inherit- ing property , enjoy an exemption from personal labour adequate to the pursuit ; neither among those privileged is it common to find many who possess xxxiv HISTORICAL AND.
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... common mechanic ; it will be in vain that attention is called to philological inquiry or studied exhortation . On men busied in the acquirement of wealth , merely for its own sake , or revelling in the grossest sensuali- ties , no ...
... common mechanic ; it will be in vain that attention is called to philological inquiry or studied exhortation . On men busied in the acquirement of wealth , merely for its own sake , or revelling in the grossest sensuali- ties , no ...
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