The British Essayists: TatlerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... force or accuracy . His style and his train of thinking are equally lax and incorrect . He was a lover of virtue , and often painted it in pleasing and attractive colours , but neither his example nor precept were unexceptionable . His ...
... force or accuracy . His style and his train of thinking are equally lax and incorrect . He was a lover of virtue , and often painted it in pleasing and attractive colours , but neither his example nor precept were unexceptionable . His ...
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... force as you express yourself on any other subject . But I resist my present impulse , as agreeable as it is to me ; though indeed , had I any pretensions to a fame of this kind , I should , above all other themes , attempt a panegyrick ...
... force as you express yourself on any other subject . But I resist my present impulse , as agreeable as it is to me ; though indeed , had I any pretensions to a fame of this kind , I should , above all other themes , attempt a panegyrick ...
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... force of genius , humour , wit , and learning , that I fared like a distressed prince , who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my auxiliary ; when I had once called him in , I could not subsist without dependence ...
... force of genius , humour , wit , and learning , that I fared like a distressed prince , who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid ; I was undone by my auxiliary ; when I had once called him in , I could not subsist without dependence ...
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... force of fashion and prejudice , in the face of all the world , I alone bewailed the condition of an English gen- tlemen , whose fortune and life are at this day pre- carious while his estate is liable to the demands of gamesters ...
... force of fashion and prejudice , in the face of all the world , I alone bewailed the condition of an English gen- tlemen , whose fortune and life are at this day pre- carious while his estate is liable to the demands of gamesters ...
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... force of my own parts , the power of divination , and that I can , by casting a figure , tell you all that will happen before it comes to pass . " But this last faculty I shall use very sparingly , and speak but of few things until they ...
... force of my own parts , the power of divination , and that I can , by casting a figure , tell you all that will happen before it comes to pass . " But this last faculty I shall use very sparingly , and speak but of few things until they ...
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