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... true Use of Retirement- Lord Bolingbroke's Reflections on Exile 216 41. Wit - Sir R. Blackmore's Essays . 289 42. On the excellency of the British Constitution - Bishop Atterbury's Works 233 • · 236 43. Beautiful Objects , small - Burke ...
... true Use of Retirement- Lord Bolingbroke's Reflections on Exile 216 41. Wit - Sir R. Blackmore's Essays . 289 42. On the excellency of the British Constitution - Bishop Atterbury's Works 233 • · 236 43. Beautiful Objects , small - Burke ...
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... true to measure and strict pro- portion , is by this means pleasingly drawn aside , and amuses itself in gaudy colours , and disfigured shapes of things . Custom , in the mean while , has not only tolerated this licentiousness , but ...
... true to measure and strict pro- portion , is by this means pleasingly drawn aside , and amuses itself in gaudy colours , and disfigured shapes of things . Custom , in the mean while , has not only tolerated this licentiousness , but ...
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... true , that she seldom assaults unfortunate vir- tue , and is as seldom troubled for any success , however unworthy , that does not carry a man to a higher elevation than the envious man himself can attain ; he envies and hates , and ...
... true , that she seldom assaults unfortunate vir- tue , and is as seldom troubled for any success , however unworthy , that does not carry a man to a higher elevation than the envious man himself can attain ; he envies and hates , and ...
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... true , and yet to bridle them as false . We ought so far to use suspicions , as to take care that if true , that which we suspect may do us no hurt . Suspicions that the mind itself gathers are but buzzes ; but suspicions that are ...
... true , and yet to bridle them as false . We ought so far to use suspicions , as to take care that if true , that which we suspect may do us no hurt . Suspicions that the mind itself gathers are but buzzes ; but suspicions that are ...
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... true delight , Those unbought sports , this happy state , I would not fear , nor wish , my fate ; But boldly say each night , To - morrow let my sun his beams display , Or in clouds hide them , I have liv'd to - day . You may see by it ...
... true delight , Those unbought sports , this happy state , I would not fear , nor wish , my fate ; But boldly say each night , To - morrow let my sun his beams display , Or in clouds hide them , I have liv'd to - day . You may see by it ...
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