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... necessary forms of daily transacti- on ; and quickly shake off their reverence for modes of education , which they find to pro- duce no ability above the rest of mankind . BOOKS , fays Bacon , can never teach the ufe of books . The ...
... necessary forms of daily transacti- on ; and quickly shake off their reverence for modes of education , which they find to pro- duce no ability above the rest of mankind . BOOKS , fays Bacon , can never teach the ufe of books . The ...
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... necessary to suppose with a late critick that one is copied from the other , fince neither Virgil nor Horace can be fup- pofed ignorant of the common duties of hu- manity , and the virtue of moderation in fuccefs . CICERO and Ovid have ...
... necessary to suppose with a late critick that one is copied from the other , fince neither Virgil nor Horace can be fup- pofed ignorant of the common duties of hu- manity , and the virtue of moderation in fuccefs . CICERO and Ovid have ...
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... necessary to a just sense of better fortune ; for the good of our present state is ; merely comparative , and the evil which eve ry man feels will be fufficient to disturb and harrafs him if he does not know how much he efcapes . The ...
... necessary to a just sense of better fortune ; for the good of our present state is ; merely comparative , and the evil which eve ry man feels will be fufficient to disturb and harrafs him if he does not know how much he efcapes . The ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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