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Page 277
... character became more liable to misapprehensions and misrepre- sentations : he was very modest , and very easily to be discountenanced in his approaches to his equals or superiors . As his reading had been very extensive , so was he ...
... character became more liable to misapprehensions and misrepre- sentations : he was very modest , and very easily to be discountenanced in his approaches to his equals or superiors . As his reading had been very extensive , so was he ...
Page 427
... character , nothing will be found but purity and excellence . Knowledge of mankind indeed , less extensive than that of Addison , will shew , that to write , and to live , are very different . Many who praise virtue , do no more than ...
... character , nothing will be found but purity and excellence . Knowledge of mankind indeed , less extensive than that of Addison , will shew , that to write , and to live , are very different . Many who praise virtue , do no more than ...
Page 428
... character , above all Greek , above all Roman fame . No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , separated mirth from indecency , and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession ...
... character , above all Greek , above all Roman fame . No greater felicity can genius attain than that of having purified intellectual pleasure , separated mirth from indecency , and wit from licentiousness ; of having taught a succession ...
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