The Sir Roger de Coverley PapersAmerican Book Company, 1904 - 258 páginas |
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... nature of the world in a somewhat superior and distant fashion . His temper , less buoyant than Steele's , was more thoughtful and reflective ; his humour , more delicate and subtle . And if his observation was not so broad as that of ...
... nature of the world in a somewhat superior and distant fashion . His temper , less buoyant than Steele's , was more thoughtful and reflective ; his humour , more delicate and subtle . And if his observation was not so broad as that of ...
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... nature that conduce very much to the right understanding 5 of an author . To gratify this curiosity , which is so natural to a reader , I design this paper and my next as prefatory discourses to my following writings , and shall give ...
... nature that conduce very much to the right understanding 5 of an author . To gratify this curiosity , which is so natural to a reader , I design this paper and my next as prefatory discourses to my following writings , and shall give ...
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... nature and reason , a selfish man in the most shining circumstance and equi- page , appears in the same condition with the fellow above- 25 mentioned , but more contemptible in proportion to what more he robs the public of and enjoys ...
... nature and reason , a selfish man in the most shining circumstance and equi- page , appears in the same condition with the fellow above- 25 mentioned , but more contemptible in proportion to what more he robs the public of and enjoys ...
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... Nature and reason direct one thing , passion and humour another . To follow the dictates of the two latter , is going into a road that is both endless 20 and intricate ; when we pursue the other , our passage is delightful , and what we ...
... Nature and reason direct one thing , passion and humour another . To follow the dictates of the two latter , is going into a road that is both endless 20 and intricate ; when we pursue the other , our passage is delightful , and what we ...
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... nature itself should prompt us to think so . Respect to all kind of superiors is founded , methinks , upon in- stinct ; and yet what is so ridiculous as age ? 1 I make to this abrupt transition to the mention of this vice 2 more than ...
... nature itself should prompt us to think so . Respect to all kind of superiors is founded , methinks , upon in- stinct ; and yet what is so ridiculous as age ? 1 I make to this abrupt transition to the mention of this vice 2 more than ...
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