The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners, and Literature. In a Series of Essays |
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Page 27
... because he under- ftands the subject , but he understands the subject because he has written . He was an unin- ftructed tyro , expofed to a thousand foolish and miferable mistakes , when he began his work , compared with the degree of ...
... because he under- ftands the subject , but he understands the subject because he has written . He was an unin- ftructed tyro , expofed to a thousand foolish and miferable mistakes , when he began his work , compared with the degree of ...
Page 57
... because it gratifies the appetite of vanity , as from a liberal fatisfaction in commu- nicated and reciprocal pleafure . To give plea . fure to another produces in me the most ani- mated and unequivocal confcioufnefs of exift- ence ...
... because it gratifies the appetite of vanity , as from a liberal fatisfaction in commu- nicated and reciprocal pleafure . To give plea . fure to another produces in me the most ani- mated and unequivocal confcioufnefs of exift- ence ...
Page 70
... because he was feduced to forget himself . When his thoughts return home , he is pleafed no longer . He is perhaps indignant against himself for having fuffered fo grofs a delufion . He abhors the flavery that conftitutes his lot , and ...
... because he was feduced to forget himself . When his thoughts return home , he is pleafed no longer . He is perhaps indignant against himself for having fuffered fo grofs a delufion . He abhors the flavery that conftitutes his lot , and ...
Page 80
... because he defires it . He proceeds upon a plan of his own invention , or which , by adopting , he has made his own . Every thing befpeaks independ- ence and equality . The man , as well as the boy , would be glad in cafes of difficulty ...
... because he defires it . He proceeds upon a plan of his own invention , or which , by adopting , he has made his own . Every thing befpeaks independ- ence and equality . The man , as well as the boy , would be glad in cafes of difficulty ...
Page 88
... because its object was unable to resist . He was giving fcope to the overflowings of his fpite , and the child , who was placed under his direction , was the unfortunate victim .. , There is a reverence that we owe to every thing in ...
... because its object was unable to resist . He was giving fcope to the overflowings of his fpite , and the child , who was placed under his direction , was the unfortunate victim .. , There is a reverence that we owe to every thing in ...
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