Universal Magazine of Knowledge and Pleasure, 94. köidePub. for J. Hinton., 1794 |
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... should be a mere wafte . The ancients , who had not the aid of telescopes , fupplied the want of thofe inftruments by a vivacity of pe- netration ; for , without the means that we have , they have deduced all the confequences that are ...
... should be a mere wafte . The ancients , who had not the aid of telescopes , fupplied the want of thofe inftruments by a vivacity of pe- netration ; for , without the means that we have , they have deduced all the confequences that are ...
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... should be apt to pronounce that no woman ought to give over thinking of her beauty , while he has power to think at all , and that her charms and her life ought to end at the fame time . We fhall , likewife , be inclined to fa- vour ...
... should be apt to pronounce that no woman ought to give over thinking of her beauty , while he has power to think at all , and that her charms and her life ought to end at the fame time . We fhall , likewife , be inclined to fa- vour ...
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... should feel their inferiority , and endeavour to derive attractions from art . I will grant that fenfible men and fenfible women are above all this . But we are not all of this defcription , and very little pains are taken to make us ...
... should feel their inferiority , and endeavour to derive attractions from art . I will grant that fenfible men and fenfible women are above all this . But we are not all of this defcription , and very little pains are taken to make us ...
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... Should your character and fituation for ever ex- clade you from fuch focieties , you need not repine at your lofs . It will be amply compenfated by the oppor- tunities you are likely to enjoy of free intercourfe with the most cultivated ...
... Should your character and fituation for ever ex- clade you from fuch focieties , you need not repine at your lofs . It will be amply compenfated by the oppor- tunities you are likely to enjoy of free intercourfe with the most cultivated ...
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... should too foon exhauft its cb tivated early and advantageoufly , it is jects . More uneafy longings after capable , I doubt not , of affording the what lay beyond my reach , have molt exquifite delights ; but then it preyed upon my ...
... should too foon exhauft its cb tivated early and advantageoufly , it is jects . More uneafy longings after capable , I doubt not , of affording the what lay beyond my reach , have molt exquifite delights ; but then it preyed upon my ...
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Page 436 - Whatever withdraws us from the power of our senses; whatever makes the past, the distant, or the future predominate over the present, advances us in the dignity of thinking beings. Far from me and from my friends, be such frigid philosophy as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins...
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