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Pagina 9
... These at laft increased to fo great a number , that the was weary of attending fuch doubtful claims ; and , for fear of using improperly the fceptre of Justice , referred the caufe to be confidered by Time . The proceedings of Time ...
... These at laft increased to fo great a number , that the was weary of attending fuch doubtful claims ; and , for fear of using improperly the fceptre of Justice , referred the caufe to be confidered by Time . The proceedings of Time ...
Pagina 10
... these are in dan- ger from every common reader : as the flipper i executed was cenfured by a fhoemaker who happened to ftop in his way at the Venus of Apelles . But the fear of not being approved as juft copiers of human manners , is ...
... these are in dan- ger from every common reader : as the flipper i executed was cenfured by a fhoemaker who happened to ftop in his way at the Venus of Apelles . But the fear of not being approved as juft copiers of human manners , is ...
Pagina 11
... these effects are always in the fame proportion . For pride , which pro- duces quickness of refentment , will ob- ftruct gratitude , by unwillingness to ad- mit that inferiority which obligation im- plies ; and it is very unlikely that ...
... these effects are always in the fame proportion . For pride , which pro- duces quickness of refentment , will ob- ftruct gratitude , by unwillingness to ad- mit that inferiority which obligation im- plies ; and it is very unlikely that ...
Pagina 13
... these scones are able to give no delight , and who hurry away from all the varieties of ru- ral beauty , to lose their hours and di- vert their thoughts by cards or allem- blies , a tavern dinner , or the prattle of the day . It may be ...
... these scones are able to give no delight , and who hurry away from all the varieties of ru- ral beauty , to lose their hours and di- vert their thoughts by cards or allem- blies , a tavern dinner , or the prattle of the day . It may be ...
Pagina 17
... These are some of the motives which have had power to fequefter kings and heroes from the crowds that foothed them with flatteries , or infpirited them with acclamations : but their efficacy feems confined to the higher mind , and to ...
... These are some of the motives which have had power to fequefter kings and heroes from the crowds that foothed them with flatteries , or infpirited them with acclamations : but their efficacy feems confined to the higher mind , and to ...
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