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... idea of Gyges ' Ring has made , I believe , many a grave mouth water . This power is , in some degree , possessed by the writer of an anonymous paper . He can at least ex- ercise it for a purpose , for which people would be most apt to ...
... idea of Gyges ' Ring has made , I believe , many a grave mouth water . This power is , in some degree , possessed by the writer of an anonymous paper . He can at least ex- ercise it for a purpose , for which people would be most apt to ...
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... Ideas of Beauty and Virtue * . Speaking of the effect which the beauty of the human figure has upon our minds , the author expresses himself in the following words : There is a further consideration , which must not be passed over ...
... Ideas of Beauty and Virtue * . Speaking of the effect which the beauty of the human figure has upon our minds , the author expresses himself in the following words : There is a further consideration , which must not be passed over ...
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... . A man of an aspiring mind and nice sensibility may , from a wrong direction , or a romantic excess of spirit , find it difficult to submit to the ordinary pursuits of life . Filled with enthusiastic ideas of the 24 N ° 6 . THE MIRROR .
... . A man of an aspiring mind and nice sensibility may , from a wrong direction , or a romantic excess of spirit , find it difficult to submit to the ordinary pursuits of life . Filled with enthusiastic ideas of the 24 N ° 6 . THE MIRROR .
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James Ferguson. pursuits of life . Filled with enthusiastic ideas of the glory of a general , a senator , or a statesman , he may look with indifference , or even with disgust , on the less brilliant , though , perhaps , not less use ...
James Ferguson. pursuits of life . Filled with enthusiastic ideas of the glory of a general , a senator , or a statesman , he may look with indifference , or even with disgust , on the less brilliant , though , perhaps , not less use ...
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... treme . By that excess of sensibility to which they lead ; by that vanity which they flatter ; that idea of superiority which they nourish ; they may unfit their possessor for the common and ordinary enjoy- ments of N ° 10 . 45 THE MIRROR .
... treme . By that excess of sensibility to which they lead ; by that vanity which they flatter ; that idea of superiority which they nourish ; they may unfit their possessor for the common and ordinary enjoy- ments of N ° 10 . 45 THE MIRROR .
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Page 122 - Russet lawns, and fallows gray, Where the nibbling flocks do stray ; Mountains, on whose barren breast The labouring clouds do often rest; Meadows trim with daisies pied, Shallow brooks, and rivers wide...
Page 251 - Tis with our judgments as our watches, none Go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Page 276 - And, he gave it for his opinion, that, whoever could make two ears of corn, or two blades of grass, to grow upon a spot of ground where only one grew before, would deserve better of mankind, and do more essential service to his country, than the whole race of politicians put together.
Page 123 - And, missing thee, I walk unseen On the dry smooth-shaven green, To behold the wandering moon, Riding near her highest noon, Like one that had been led astray Through the heaven's wide pathless way, And oft, as if her head she bowed, Stooping through a fleecy cloud.
Page 193 - And a few friends, and many books, both true, Both wise, and both delightful too ! And since love ne'er will from me flee, A mistress moderately fair, And good as...
Page 68 - O thou that rollest above, round as the shield of my fathers, whence are thy beams O sun, thy everlasting light? Thou comest forth in thy awful beauty; the stars hide themselves in the sky; the moon, cold and pale sinks in the western wave; but thou thyself movest alone. Who can be a companion of thy course?
Page 218 - ... and when she perceived a stranger, whom the old woman now introduced to her, a blush at first, and then the gentle ceremonial of native politeness, which the affliction of the time tempered but did not extinguish, crossed it for a moment, and changed its expression.
Page 220 - ... but you are not yet re-established enough to talk much ; you must take care of your health, and neither study nor preach for some time. I have been thinking over a scheme that struck me to-day when you mentioned your intended departure. I never was in Switzerland ; I have a great mind to accompany your daughter and you into that country. I will help to take care of you by the road ; for, as I was your first physician, I hold myself responsible for your cure.
Page 221 - ... he seemed to enjoy every pleasure and amusement of ordinary life, and to be interested in the most common topics of discourse : when his knowledge or learning at any time appeared, it was delivered with the utmost plainness, and without the least shadow of dogmatism. On his part he was charmed with the society of the good clergyman and his lovely daughter. He found in them the guileless manner of the earliest times, with the culture and accomplishment of the most refined ones. Every better feeling...
Page 216 - s, the finer and more delicate sensibilities are seldom known to have place, or, if originally implanted there, are in a great measure extinguished by the exertions of intense study and profound investigation. Hence the idea of philosophy and...