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Pagina 3
... greater writers . Yet how pleafing would it be to those who fhall read the fur- prifing revolutions in your ftory , to be made acquainted with your ordinary life and deportment ? How pleafing would it be to hear that the fame man , who ...
... greater writers . Yet how pleafing would it be to those who fhall read the fur- prifing revolutions in your ftory , to be made acquainted with your ordinary life and deportment ? How pleafing would it be to hear that the fame man , who ...
Pagina 25
... greater art to expose and turn to ridicule a man whofe character feems fo improper a fubject for it , or that we are pleafed by fome implicit kind of revenge to fee him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in fome measure ...
... greater art to expose and turn to ridicule a man whofe character feems fo improper a fubject for it , or that we are pleafed by fome implicit kind of revenge to fee him taken down and humbled in his reputation , and in fome measure ...
Pagina 27
... greater idea of him , than a faying which Cicero tells us he frequently made ufe of in pri- vate conversation , That he was fatisfied with his share of life and fame . Se fatis vel ad naturam , vel ad gloriam vix- ife . Many indeed have ...
... greater idea of him , than a faying which Cicero tells us he frequently made ufe of in pri- vate conversation , That he was fatisfied with his share of life and fame . Se fatis vel ad naturam , vel ad gloriam vix- ife . Many indeed have ...
Pagina 40
... greater part of my days a man of pleasure , the decay of my faculties is a stagna- ⚫tion of my life . But how is it , Sir , that my appetites , are increased upon me with the lofs of power to gra- ' tify them ? I write this , like a ...
... greater part of my days a man of pleasure , the decay of my faculties is a stagna- ⚫tion of my life . But how is it , Sir , that my appetites , are increased upon me with the lofs of power to gra- ' tify them ? I write this , like a ...
Pagina 45
... greater pains to appear eafy and hap- py to others , than really to make ourselves fo . Of all disparities , that in humour makes the most unhappy mar- riages , yet fcarce enters into our thoughts at the contrac- ting of them . Several ...
... greater pains to appear eafy and hap- py to others , than really to make ourselves fo . Of all disparities , that in humour makes the most unhappy mar- riages , yet fcarce enters into our thoughts at the contrac- ting of them . Several ...
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