The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review, Volume 4David Phineas Adams, William Emerson, Samuel Cooper Thacher Munroe & Francis, 1807 vol. 3-4 include appendix: "The Political cabinet." |
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... mind most des Johnson's , Dr. , Rasselas Pitt , William , character of 299 18 Plagiarism , remarks on 485 539 Politicks 361 , 542 Jortin , Dr. , style of 34 Psalmanazar , account of 301 Journals , Austrian 618 Physician's oath 492 ...
... mind most des Johnson's , Dr. , Rasselas Pitt , William , character of 299 18 Plagiarism , remarks on 485 539 Politicks 361 , 542 Jortin , Dr. , style of 34 Psalmanazar , account of 301 Journals , Austrian 618 Physician's oath 492 ...
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... mind , which are entitled to admiration . It is true that his method is often abrupt and desultory ; but it is dullness , or ignorance , alone , which mistakes formality of arrangement , and the imposition of a philosophic manner , for ...
... mind , which are entitled to admiration . It is true that his method is often abrupt and desultory ; but it is dullness , or ignorance , alone , which mistakes formality of arrangement , and the imposition of a philosophic manner , for ...
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... mind . In truth a great deal of what it tells , was known before . It is written with much talent , and elegance ; and every where exhibits the scholar and the man of virtuous sentiment . But perhaps the important duties of Mr. Wooll's ...
... mind . In truth a great deal of what it tells , was known before . It is written with much talent , and elegance ; and every where exhibits the scholar and the man of virtuous sentiment . But perhaps the important duties of Mr. Wooll's ...
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... mind are equally liable to change ; that understanding may make its appearance , and de- part ; that it may blaze and expire ! " Collins died in this very year 1756. It is singular that , after Dr. Johnson had written about him with ...
... mind are equally liable to change ; that understanding may make its appearance , and de- part ; that it may blaze and expire ! " Collins died in this very year 1756. It is singular that , after Dr. Johnson had written about him with ...
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... mind , which excites the rest- less curiosity of the frivolous and impertinent , to pry into the affairs of their neighbours . Since no man , as some one observes , is respectable in the eyes of his valet de chambré , so no man would ...
... mind , which excites the rest- less curiosity of the frivolous and impertinent , to pry into the affairs of their neighbours . Since no man , as some one observes , is respectable in the eyes of his valet de chambré , so no man would ...
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Page 9 - But how little can we venture to exult in any intellectual powers or literary attainments, when we consider the condition of poor Collins. I knew him a few years ago full of hopes and full of projects, versed in many languages, high in fancy, and strong in retention. This busy and forcible mind is now under the government of those who lately would not have been able to comprehend the least and most narrow of its designs.
Page 47 - Every man acquainted with the common principles of human action will look with veneration on the writer who is at one time combating Locke, and at another making a catechism for children in their fourth year. A voluntary descent from the dignity of science is perhaps the hardest lesson that humility can teach.
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