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... superior mind * The argument and even language of another we should never hesitate to adopt . C. W.is engaged in writing his own history , and he thinks to throw some light upon the history of human passions . If he is accounted a ...
... superior mind * The argument and even language of another we should never hesitate to adopt . C. W.is engaged in writing his own history , and he thinks to throw some light upon the history of human passions . If he is accounted a ...
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... superior ! -Remember that “ in proportion as punishments become more cruel , the minds of men , as a fluid , rise to the same height with that which surrounds it , grow “ hardened and insensible ; and the force of the pas“ sions still ...
... superior ! -Remember that “ in proportion as punishments become more cruel , the minds of men , as a fluid , rise to the same height with that which surrounds it , grow “ hardened and insensible ; and the force of the pas“ sions still ...
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... superior humanity which the punishment by death has over that of perpetual imprisonment . Beccaria affirms the terror of death to make so slight an impression , that it has not force enough to withstand that forgetfulness natural to ...
... superior humanity which the punishment by death has over that of perpetual imprisonment . Beccaria affirms the terror of death to make so slight an impression , that it has not force enough to withstand that forgetfulness natural to ...
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... superior conduct of their wives to those of France . I grant you that the married state with us may be at variance with yours : so are our manners , customs , and habits , but it is easily accounted for . The cli- mate of France is ...
... superior conduct of their wives to those of France . I grant you that the married state with us may be at variance with yours : so are our manners , customs , and habits , but it is easily accounted for . The cli- mate of France is ...
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... superior dignity displayed in reciting the afflictions which had visited her family , were enough to engage my attention , and to impress me with a lively interest in the fate of a woman of such singular merit . We had still a ...
... superior dignity displayed in reciting the afflictions which had visited her family , were enough to engage my attention , and to impress me with a lively interest in the fate of a woman of such singular merit . We had still a ...
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Page 76 - Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, Our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain. Awake but one, and lo, what myriads rise ! * Each stamps its image as the other flies.
Page 30 - Honour's a sacred tie, the law of kings, The noble mind's distinguishing perfection, That aids and strengthens virtue, where it meets her, And imitates her actions, where she is not : It ought not to be sported with.
Page 299 - Inspiration round. As o'er the dusky furniture I bend, Each chair awakes the feelings of a friend.
Page 319 - And thus still doing, thus he pass'd along. Duch. Alas ! poor Richard ! where rides he the while ? York. As in a theatre, the eyes of men, After a well-graced actor leaves the stage, Are idly bent on him that enters next, Thinking his prattle to be tedious : Even so, or with much more contempt, men's eyes Did scowl on Richard ; no man cried, God save him...
Page 300 - Her tattered mantle, and her hood of straw ; Her moving lips, her caldron brimming o'er ; The drowsy brood that on her back she bore, Imps, in the barn with mousing owlet bred, From rifled roost at nightly revel fed ; Whose dark eyes...
Page 301 - Oh haste, unfold the hospitable hall ! That hall, where once, in antiquated state, The chair of justice held the grave debate.
Page 256 - ... doing his duty as a rational creature, that, though he should miss truth, he will not miss the reward of it. For he governs his assent right, and places it as he should, who, in any case or matter whatsoever, believes or disbelieves according as reason directs him. He that doth otherwise, transgresses against his own light, and misuses those faculties which were given him to no other end, but to search and follow the clearer evidence and greater probability.
Page 300 - Forgot to trace the feathered feet of Time ? That massive beam, with curious carvings wrought, Whence the caged linnet soothed my pensive thought ; Those muskets, cased with venerable rust ; Those once-loved forms, still breathing thro...
Page 300 - twas heaven to hear, When soft it spoke a promised pleasure near ; And has its sober hand, its simple chime, Forgot to trace the...
Page 255 - He that believes, without having any reason for believing, may be in love with his own fancies ; but neither seeks truth as he ought, nor pays the obedience due to his Maker...