The Works of Hannah More, Volumen3Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... excellence is very low , is but a degrading kind of commendation ; for the value of all praise derived from superiority , de- pends on the worth of the competitor . The charac- ter of British ladies , with all the unparalleled ad ...
... excellence is very low , is but a degrading kind of commendation ; for the value of all praise derived from superiority , de- pends on the worth of the competitor . The charac- ter of British ladies , with all the unparalleled ad ...
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Hannah More. acquainted with much excellence , in the class of which she treats ; -with women who , possessing learning which would be thought extensive in the other sex , set an example of deep humility to their own ; women who ...
Hannah More. acquainted with much excellence , in the class of which she treats ; -with women who , possessing learning which would be thought extensive in the other sex , set an example of deep humility to their own ; women who ...
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... excellence . It shews itself by a regular , orderly , undeviating course ; and never starts from its sober orbit into any splendid eccen- tricities ; for it would be ashamed of such praise as it might extort by any deviations from its ...
... excellence . It shews itself by a regular , orderly , undeviating course ; and never starts from its sober orbit into any splendid eccen- tricities ; for it would be ashamed of such praise as it might extort by any deviations from its ...
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... excellence . Every individual , from the gravest pro- fessors of the gravest profession , down to the trifler who is of no profession at all , must earn the epithet of pleasant , or must be contented to be nothing ; and must be ...
... excellence . Every individual , from the gravest pro- fessors of the gravest profession , down to the trifler who is of no profession at all , must earn the epithet of pleasant , or must be contented to be nothing ; and must be ...
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... Excellence is no longer considered as an experi- mental thing , which is to grow gradually out of observation and practice , and to be improved by the accumulating additions brought by the wisdom of successive ages . Our wisdom is not a ...
... Excellence is no longer considered as an experi- mental thing , which is to grow gradually out of observation and practice , and to be improved by the accumulating additions brought by the wisdom of successive ages . Our wisdom is not a ...
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