The Spectator, Volume 8William Durell and Company, 1810 |
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... of others ; and the wisdom , economy , good sense , and skill in human life before , by reason of his present misfortune , are of no use to him in the dispo sition of any thing . The incapacity of an infant 18 No. 466 . THE SPECTATOR .
... of others ; and the wisdom , economy , good sense , and skill in human life before , by reason of his present misfortune , are of no use to him in the dispo sition of any thing . The incapacity of an infant 18 No. 466 . THE SPECTATOR .
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... reason all wise lawgivers have been extremely tender how they let loose even the man who has right on his side , to act with any mixture of resentment against the defendant . Virtuous and modest men , though they be used with some ...
... reason all wise lawgivers have been extremely tender how they let loose even the man who has right on his side , to act with any mixture of resentment against the defendant . Virtuous and modest men , though they be used with some ...
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... reason , as well as kindness to me ) you cannot but be in pain to see me undone . To show you I am not a man incapable of bearing cala- mity , I will , though a poor man , lay aside the distinc- tion between us , and talk with the ...
... reason , as well as kindness to me ) you cannot but be in pain to see me undone . To show you I am not a man incapable of bearing cala- mity , I will , though a poor man , lay aside the distinc- tion between us , and talk with the ...
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... reason , because it acts to gratify others rather than itself , and is punished with a kind of remorse , not only like other vicious habits when the crime is over , but even at the very time that it is committed . Nothing is more ...
... reason , because it acts to gratify others rather than itself , and is punished with a kind of remorse , not only like other vicious habits when the crime is over , but even at the very time that it is committed . Nothing is more ...
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... reason and virtue . In the second place , we are to consider false modesty , as it restrains a man from doing what is good and laudable . My reader's own thoughts will suggest to him many instances and examples un- der this head . I ...
... reason and virtue . In the second place , we are to consider false modesty , as it restrains a man from doing what is good and laudable . My reader's own thoughts will suggest to him many instances and examples un- der this head . I ...
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