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... praise , though a failure would have been to my discredit . . And after all , perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as ...
... praise , though a failure would have been to my discredit . . And after all , perhaps , hard as it may be , I shall not be surprised if omissions or mistakes be pointed out with invidious severity . I have also been extremely careful as ...
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... praise of my Work by many and various persons eminent for their rank , learning , talents , and accomplishments ; much of which praise I have under XX ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . their hands to TO THE SECOND EDITION . xix.
... praise of my Work by many and various persons eminent for their rank , learning , talents , and accomplishments ; much of which praise I have under XX ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION . their hands to TO THE SECOND EDITION . xix.
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... praise is truly valuable , not only on account of his knowledge and abilities , but on account of the magnificent , yet dangerous em- bassy , in which he is now employed , which makes every thing that relates to him peculiarly ...
... praise is truly valuable , not only on account of his knowledge and abilities , but on account of the magnificent , yet dangerous em- bassy , in which he is now employed , which makes every thing that relates to him peculiarly ...
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... praise , but his Life ; which , great and good as he was , must not be supposed to be entirely perfect . To be as he was , is indeed subject of panegyrick enough to any man in this state of being ; but in every picture there should be ...
... praise , but his Life ; which , great and good as he was , must not be supposed to be entirely perfect . To be as he was , is indeed subject of panegyrick enough to any man in this state of being ; but in every picture there should be ...
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... praise from ages yet unborn . " This thought once form'd , all counsel comes too late ; He flies to press , and hurries on his fate ; Swiftly he sees the imagined laurels spread , And feels the unfading wreath surround his head . Warn'd ...
... praise from ages yet unborn . " This thought once form'd , all counsel comes too late ; He flies to press , and hurries on his fate ; Swiftly he sees the imagined laurels spread , And feels the unfading wreath surround his head . Warn'd ...
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Page 49 - He was of an advanced age, and I was only not a boy, yet he never received my notions with contempt. He was a Whig, with all the virulence and malevolence of his party ; yet difference of opinion did not keep us apart. I honoured him, and he endured me.
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Page 40 - Law's Serious Call to a Holy Life,' expecting to find it a dull book (as such books generally are), and perhaps to laugh at it. But I found Law quite an overmatch for me ; and this was the first occasion of my thinking in earnest of religion, after I became capable of rational inquiry'.
Page 44 - Ah, sir, I was mad and violent. It was bitterness which they mistook for frolic. I was miserably poor, and I thought to fight my way by my literature and my wit; so I disregarded all power and all authority.