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... of pre- fcience would be a curfe . Fear . An unknown evil is the most terrible . Ignorance is the mother of fear , as well as of admiration . A man intimately ac- quainted quainted with the nature of things , has fel- dom ( 10 )
... of pre- fcience would be a curfe . Fear . An unknown evil is the most terrible . Ignorance is the mother of fear , as well as of admiration . A man intimately ac- quainted quainted with the nature of things , has fel- dom ( 10 )
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... admiration of the public , must carefully conceal the measure of his capacity . As a river ftrikes us with dread only while we are ignorant of its ford , fo a man attracts our veneration only while the bounds of his ability are ...
... admiration of the public , must carefully conceal the measure of his capacity . As a river ftrikes us with dread only while we are ignorant of its ford , fo a man attracts our veneration only while the bounds of his ability are ...
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... admiration . I have known an advice given by a man of figure , which would have proved the ruin of a great ftate : I have known a contrary one followed after mature deliberation , that proved its preservation , without so much ...
... admiration . I have known an advice given by a man of figure , which would have proved the ruin of a great ftate : I have known a contrary one followed after mature deliberation , that proved its preservation , without so much ...
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... admiration beftowed on former times , is the bias of all times : The golden age ne- ver was the present age . 62 Such is the power of imagination , that even a chimerical pleafure in expectation , affects affects us more than a folid ...
... admiration beftowed on former times , is the bias of all times : The golden age ne- ver was the present age . 62 Such is the power of imagination , that even a chimerical pleafure in expectation , affects affects us more than a folid ...
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... Admiration is the paffion of the vulgar , arifing , not from the perfection of the ob- ject , but from the ignorance of the fpecta- tor . The moft refined genius is the moft reserved upon that point . Nothing can poifon the contentment ...
... Admiration is the paffion of the vulgar , arifing , not from the perfection of the ob- ject , but from the ignorance of the fpecta- tor . The moft refined genius is the moft reserved upon that point . Nothing can poifon the contentment ...
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Abradatas adverfity againſt Akebar anſwered Aratus beautiful becauſe beſt beſtow betwixt bleffing cauſe confcience converfation Craterus cuftom Cyrus death defire difcovered enemy envy expreffing fafe faid fame fatisfied fave favour fays fecure felves fenfe fent fervants ferve fhall fhould fhow firft firſt flave fome foon fortune friendſhip ftate ftill fubjects fuch fuffer fuperior fure give greateſt happineſs heart himſelf honour houſe humour huſband impreffion induſtry inftruction inſtead intereft King Korem laft lefs live lofe loft mafter Mameluke ment miferable mind misfortunes moft moſt muſt myſelf neceffary nefs never obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffion pain Panthea paſs perfons Perrin Philip of Macedon pleaſe pleaſure praiſe prefent preferve prince profperity puniſhment Pythias racter raiſed reafon refolved refpect replied riches ſaid ſhall ſhe ſmall thee thefe themſelves thers theſe thing thofe thoſe thou tion Turenne uſe virtue wife young yourſelf Zendar
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Page 113 - Ah, Valentine ! can you leave me here ?" Valentine immediately ran back, and in the midst of a thick fire of the French took the corporal upon his back and brought him through all that danger as far as the Abbey of...
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Page 258 - I'll remove the cause. A wond'rous spring within my garden flows, Of sov'reign virtue, chiefly to compose Domestic jars and matrimonial strife, The best elixir t' appease man and wife ; Strange are th' effects, the qualities divine ; 'Tis water call'd, but worth its weight in wine.
Page 21 - Names that denote divifion and difference, fuch as, benefits, obligation, intreaties, thanks, gratitude, are odious to them. Something to be wifhed like home that is not home, like alone that is not alone, found in a friend only, or in his houfe.
Page 113 - He was not by any means to be forced from the body, but was removed with it bleeding in his arms, and attended with tears by all their comrades who knew their enmity. When he was brought to a tent, his wounds were dressed...
Page 52 - The first and most important female quality is sweetness of temper. Heaven did not give to the female sex insinuation and persuasion, in order to be surly ; it did not make them weak in order to be imperious ; it did not give them a sweet voice in order to be employed in scolding ; it did not provide them with delicate features in order to be disfigured with anger.
Page 83 - You have obliged a man ; — very well. What would you have more ? Is not the consciousness of doing good a sufficient reward ? 39. Agesilaus, king of Sparta,* being asked the means of establishing a high reputation, answered, —
Page 173 - I find, would have been concluded without an IF, had you been as ready to do justice to others as to exact it from them.
Page 116 - Syfacufe, was always bewraying his unhappinefs. Damocles, one of his flatterers, defcanting upon his magnificence, his power, his riches ; Dionyfius faid to him, ' Thefe things feem to delight you ; « make a trial of my place, by way of expe