Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, 10. numberG. Nicholson, 1796 - 20 pages |
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... learned pride be taught . Courteous Reader , I have heard , that nothing gives an author so great pleasure , as to find his works respectfully quoted by others . Judge , then , how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am ...
... learned pride be taught . Courteous Reader , I have heard , that nothing gives an author so great pleasure , as to find his works respectfully quoted by others . Judge , then , how much I must have been gratified by an incident I am ...
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... learned to despise , assume new ter rors as we grow old . Our caution increasing as our years increase , fear becomes at last the prevailing pas- sion of the mind ; and the small remainder of life is taken up in useless efforts to keep ...
... learned to despise , assume new ter rors as we grow old . Our caution increasing as our years increase , fear becomes at last the prevailing pas- sion of the mind ; and the small remainder of life is taken up in useless efforts to keep ...
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... learned man , nor a knowledge of the sciences a Philosopher . But we live in an age where great words impose , and where men think themselves to be eminent geniuses , if they only con- trive a set of singular opinions . Distrust those ...
... learned man , nor a knowledge of the sciences a Philosopher . But we live in an age where great words impose , and where men think themselves to be eminent geniuses , if they only con- trive a set of singular opinions . Distrust those ...
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Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the ..., 10. number Hugh Blair,Rollin,Thomas Percival No preview available - 2016 |
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