The British Essayists: WorldJames Ferguson J. Richardson and Company, 1823 |
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... persons of all ranks and fortunes . * I am willing to give credit to these extraordinary achievements , though many of them , I own , far exceed the bounds of probability , because of the honour they do to our age and country ; and it ...
... persons of all ranks and fortunes . * I am willing to give credit to these extraordinary achievements , though many of them , I own , far exceed the bounds of probability , because of the honour they do to our age and country ; and it ...
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... persons among your correspondents ; which I should imagine can be no great difficulty to one who has the honour to reckon in that number the prime wits of the age . I am , sir , Your humble servant . MR . FITZ - ADAM ; Walking the other ...
... persons among your correspondents ; which I should imagine can be no great difficulty to one who has the honour to reckon in that number the prime wits of the age . I am , sir , Your humble servant . MR . FITZ - ADAM ; Walking the other ...
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... persons in the world very justly deserve . At the same time I could not help feeling some un- easiness , on being led by those observations , to reflect seriously and deliberately upon my own misfortunes . Till I was about forty years ...
... persons in the world very justly deserve . At the same time I could not help feeling some un- easiness , on being led by those observations , to reflect seriously and deliberately upon my own misfortunes . Till I was about forty years ...
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... mankind ? What numbers do we daily see of such persons , either rioting in luxury , or sleeping in sloth , for one who makes a proper use VOL . III . C of the advantages which riches give for the im- provement 143 . 13 . THE WORLD .
... mankind ? What numbers do we daily see of such persons , either rioting in luxury , or sleeping in sloth , for one who makes a proper use VOL . III . C of the advantages which riches give for the im- provement 143 . 13 . THE WORLD .
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... persons are the happiest who have the fewest wants , the rich man is more the object of compassion than envy . However mo- derate his inclinations may be , the custom of the world lays him under the necessity of living up to his fortune ...
... persons are the happiest who have the fewest wants , the rich man is more the object of compassion than envy . However mo- derate his inclinations may be , the custom of the world lays him under the necessity of living up to his fortune ...
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