The British Essayists: SpectatorJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... Human society depends upon his having the vengeance law allots him ; and the debtor owes his liberty to his neighbour , as much as the murderer does his life to his prince . Our gentry are , generally speaking , in debt ; and many ...
... Human society depends upon his having the vengeance law allots him ; and the debtor owes his liberty to his neighbour , as much as the murderer does his life to his prince . Our gentry are , generally speaking , in debt ; and many ...
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... human life turns upon the same principles and passions in all ages , I thought it very proper to take minutes of what passed in that age , for the instruction of this . The antiquary who lent these papers gave me a character of Eucrate ...
... human life turns upon the same principles and passions in all ages , I thought it very proper to take minutes of what passed in that age , for the instruction of this . The antiquary who lent these papers gave me a character of Eucrate ...
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... human life to support ; from henceforth shall all occurrences appear dreams , or short intervals of amusement , from this one afflic- tion which has seized my very being . Pardon me , oh Pharamond , if my griefs give me leave , that I ...
... human life to support ; from henceforth shall all occurrences appear dreams , or short intervals of amusement , from this one afflic- tion which has seized my very being . Pardon me , oh Pharamond , if my griefs give me leave , that I ...
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... humanity not to be affected with them . As for the circumstance of the robin- red - breast , it is indeed a little poetical ornament ; and to shew the genius of the author amidst all his simplicity , it is just the same kind of fiction ...
... humanity not to be affected with them . As for the circumstance of the robin- red - breast , it is indeed a little poetical ornament ; and to shew the genius of the author amidst all his simplicity , it is just the same kind of fiction ...
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... human features . * I remember , in the life of the famous Prince of Conde , the writer observes , the face of that prince was like the face of an eagle , and that the prince was very well pleased to be told so . In this case therefore ...
... human features . * I remember , in the life of the famous Prince of Conde , the writer observes , the face of that prince was like the face of an eagle , and that the prince was very well pleased to be told so . In this case therefore ...
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