The Works of Hannah More, Volumen3Henry G. Bohn, 1854 |
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... 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 proper path . 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 proper path . It ...
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... shew wherein true national grandeur consists , and that every country pays too dear a price for those arts and embellishments of society which endanger the loss of its morals and manners . Tacitus ' Life of Agricola - speech of Galgacus ...
... shew wherein true national grandeur consists , and that every country pays too dear a price for those arts and embellishments of society which endanger the loss of its morals and manners . Tacitus ' Life of Agricola - speech of Galgacus ...
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... shew it its own ignorance and its own nature , does not seem the way to puff it up . But let her who is disposed to be elated with her literary acquisitions , check the rising vanity by calling to mind the just remark of Swift , " that ...
... shew it its own ignorance and its own nature , does not seem the way to puff it up . But let her who is disposed to be elated with her literary acquisitions , check the rising vanity by calling to mind the just remark of Swift , " that ...
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... . - He left an only son , who , notwithstanding the splendour of his name , perished on the scaffold , in 1793 ; his last words being , " I am Buffon . " - ED . shew that the author is not led to reprobate his USE OF HISTORY . 139.
... . - He left an only son , who , notwithstanding the splendour of his name , perished on the scaffold , in 1793 ; his last words being , " I am Buffon . " - ED . shew that the author is not led to reprobate his USE OF HISTORY . 139.
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Hannah More. shew that the author is not led to reprobate his prin- ciples from insensibility to his talents . The remark is rather made to put the reader on remembering that no brilliancy of genius , no diversity of attainments , should ...
Hannah More. shew that the author is not led to reprobate his prin- ciples from insensibility to his talents . The remark is rather made to put the reader on remembering that no brilliancy of genius , no diversity of attainments , should ...
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