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... ignorance and scorn on a race of beings to whom they are equally unknown
and equally contemptible , but whose manners they must imitate , and with
whose opinions they must comply , if they desire to pass their time happily among
them .
... ignorance and scorn on a race of beings to whom they are equally unknown
and equally contemptible , but whose manners they must imitate , and with
whose opinions they must comply , if they desire to pass their time happily among
them .
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No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of
hourly assistance , or to extinguish the desire of fond endearments , and tender
officiousness ; and therefore no one should think it unnecessary to learn those
arts ...
No degree of knowledge attainable by man is able to set him above the want of
hourly assistance , or to extinguish the desire of fond endearments , and tender
officiousness ; and therefore no one should think it unnecessary to learn those
arts ...
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You increase your hunger by what should produce satiety ; so that the more you
have , the more you desire . But have you forgot how long the conquest of the
Bactrians detained you ? While you were subduing them , the Sogdians revolted .
You increase your hunger by what should produce satiety ; so that the more you
have , the more you desire . But have you forgot how long the conquest of the
Bactrians detained you ? While you were subduing them , the Sogdians revolted .
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If this then be evident , said he , it would seem , that whatever we desire as our
Chief and Sovereign Good , : is something which , as far as possible , we would i
accommodate to all places and times . I answeri ed , So it appeared . See then ...
If this then be evident , said he , it would seem , that whatever we desire as our
Chief and Sovereign Good , : is something which , as far as possible , we would i
accommodate to all places and times . I answeri ed , So it appeared . See then ...
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They whom thou deignest to inspire , Thy science learn , to bound desire ; By
happy alchymy of mind They turn to pleasure all they find They both disdain in
ontward mein The grave and solemn garb of spleen , And meretricious arts of
dress ...
They whom thou deignest to inspire , Thy science learn , to bound desire ; By
happy alchymy of mind They turn to pleasure all they find They both disdain in
ontward mein The grave and solemn garb of spleen , And meretricious arts of
dress ...
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| Título | The Speaker Or Miscellaneous Pieces Selected from the Best English Writers: Essay on Elocution and Directions for Reading |
| Autor | W. Enfield |
| Editor | F. Louis, 1804 |
| Procedencia del original | Biblioteca Nacional de Austria |
| Digitalizado | 30 May 2018 |
| N.º de páginas | 376 páginas |
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