The British Essayists: AdventurerJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... opinions are often absurd , and the prevailing principles of action ridiculous . It may , however , be allowed , that if in these in- stances reason always appeared to be overborne by the importunity of appetite ; if the future was ...
... opinions are often absurd , and the prevailing principles of action ridiculous . It may , however , be allowed , that if in these in- stances reason always appeared to be overborne by the importunity of appetite ; if the future was ...
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... opinion of the other , incurring the crimes that he imputes ; that the foundation of their enmity is no more than a mistake ; and that this mistake is the effect of weak- ness or vanity , which is common to all mankind : the character ...
... opinion of the other , incurring the crimes that he imputes ; that the foundation of their enmity is no more than a mistake ; and that this mistake is the effect of weak- ness or vanity , which is common to all mankind : the character ...
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... opinion . And of such con- tradictions many instances might be alleged in this admired writer , which evidently show that he had not digested his thoughts with philosophical exact- ness and precision . But the characters of La Bruyere ...
... opinion . And of such con- tradictions many instances might be alleged in this admired writer , which evidently show that he had not digested his thoughts with philosophical exact- ness and precision . But the characters of La Bruyere ...
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... opinion . And of such con- tradictions many instances might be alleged in this admired writer , which evidently show that he had not digested his thoughts with philosophical exact- ness and precision . But the characters of La Bruyere ...
... opinion . And of such con- tradictions many instances might be alleged in this admired writer , which evidently show that he had not digested his thoughts with philosophical exact- ness and precision . But the characters of La Bruyere ...
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... the commendations this writer bestows are general and indiscriminate ; without specifying the reasons of his approbation or dislike , and without alleging the passages that may support his opinion : whereas C 2 49 . 17 ADVENTURER .
... the commendations this writer bestows are general and indiscriminate ; without specifying the reasons of his approbation or dislike , and without alleging the passages that may support his opinion : whereas C 2 49 . 17 ADVENTURER .
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Términos y frases comunes
absurd acquainted admiration ADVENTURER Agrestis Amana Amelia Anticlea appear Aristotle bagnio Bagshot beauty behold believe Boileau caliph captain character coach conceal conduct consider contempt countenance daugh death Demosthenes desire dignity discovered distress dreadful effect elegance equally Eugenio Euripides Eutyches excellence eyes falsehood father favour felicity folly fortune Freeman genius gratified guilt hand happiness heart Homer honour hope human husband Iliad images imagination immediately kind labour Lady Forrest learned Longinus looked mankind Mantua ment mind misery morning nature ness never Nouraddin object Odyssey opinion Osmin passion perceived perhaps person Pindar pleasure poem poet Pope present produced prosopopoeia punished Quintilian racter reason received SATURDAY says scarce sentiment servant Sir James soon Sophocles soul specta spirit stockjobber suffered tain tears tenderness Theocritus thou thought Tibullus tion truth TUESDAY ulmo Ulysses vanity Ventosus vice virtue wife wish wretched writers
Pasajes populares
Página 126 - ... with some other prey. But this is only one of the innumerable artifices practised in the universal conspiracy of mankind against themselves ; every age and every condition indulges some darling fallacy ; every man amuses himself with projects which he knows to be improbable, and which, therefore, he resolves to pursue without daring to examine them. Whatever any man ardently desires, he very readily believes that he shall some time attain : he whose intemperance has overwhelmed him with diseases,...