Miscellaneous Works, Volumen1Claxton, Remsen & Hoffelfinger, 1869 |
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... vanity claims an interest and property in them . I have more satisfaction in my own thoughts than in dic- tating them to others : words are necessary to explain the im- pression of certain things upon me to the reader , but they rather ...
... vanity claims an interest and property in them . I have more satisfaction in my own thoughts than in dic- tating them to others : words are necessary to explain the im- pression of certain things upon me to the reader , but they rather ...
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... vanity or interest , or the opinion of the world . Even where there is neither beauty nor use— -if that ever were - still there is truth , and a sufficient source of gratification in the indulgence of curiosity and activity of mind ...
... vanity or interest , or the opinion of the world . Even where there is neither beauty nor use— -if that ever were - still there is truth , and a sufficient source of gratification in the indulgence of curiosity and activity of mind ...
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William Hazlitt. striking groups , its endless subjects ! It is light as vanity , and yet if all its weary moments , if all its head and heart aches were compressed into one , what fortitude would not be overwhelmed with the blow ! What ...
William Hazlitt. striking groups , its endless subjects ! It is light as vanity , and yet if all its weary moments , if all its head and heart aches were compressed into one , what fortitude would not be overwhelmed with the blow ! What ...
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... vanity of human pretensions . Our uni- versities are , in a great measure , become cisterns to hold , not conduits to disperse knowledge . The age has the start of them ; that is , other sources of knowledge have been opened since their ...
... vanity of human pretensions . Our uni- versities are , in a great measure , become cisterns to hold , not conduits to disperse knowledge . The age has the start of them ; that is , other sources of knowledge have been opened since their ...
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... levity of mind . For the most part , we are stunned and stupid in judging of ourselves . We are callous by custom to our defects or ex- cellences , unless where vanity steps in to exaggerate or 6 * ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHARACTER . 121.
... levity of mind . For the most part , we are stunned and stupid in judging of ourselves . We are callous by custom to our defects or ex- cellences , unless where vanity steps in to exaggerate or 6 * ON THE KNOWLEDGE OF CHARACTER . 121.
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