The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volumen2Vernor and Hood; John Walker; Cuthell and Martin; W.J. and J. Richardson; Longman and Rees; R. Lea; and J. and A. Arch. ; T. Maiden, printer, Sherbourn-Lane, 1804 |
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... greater authority to the person who possesses it : Cunning , when it is once detected , loses its force , and makes a man incapable of bringing about even those events which he might have done , had he passed only for a plain man ...
... greater authority to the person who possesses it : Cunning , when it is once detected , loses its force , and makes a man incapable of bringing about even those events which he might have done , had he passed only for a plain man ...
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... greater authority . Seneca has written a discourse purposely on this subject , in which he takes pains , after the doctrine of the Stoics , to shew that adver sity is not in itself an evil ; and mentions a notable saying of Demetrius ...
... greater authority . Seneca has written a discourse purposely on this subject , in which he takes pains , after the doctrine of the Stoics , to shew that adver sity is not in itself an evil ; and mentions a notable saying of Demetrius ...
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... greater heights than it has yet arrived at . If any one doubts this , let him but be present at those debates which frequently arise among the ladies of the British fishery . The first kind , therefore , of female orators which I shall ...
... greater heights than it has yet arrived at . If any one doubts this , let him but be present at those debates which frequently arise among the ladies of the British fishery . The first kind , therefore , of female orators which I shall ...
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... greater perfection than men . I have sometimes fancied that they have not a retentive power , or the faculty of suppressing their thoughts , as men have , but that they are necessitated to speak every thing they think ; and if so , it ...
... greater perfection than men . I have sometimes fancied that they have not a retentive power , or the faculty of suppressing their thoughts , as men have , but that they are necessitated to speak every thing they think ; and if so , it ...
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... greater dis- tance from themselves . But further , this desire of fame naturally betrays the ambitious man into such indecencies as are a les- sening to his reputation . He is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away ...
... greater dis- tance from themselves . But further , this desire of fame naturally betrays the ambitious man into such indecencies as are a les- sening to his reputation . He is still afraid lest any of his actions should be thrown away ...
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