Fugitive Pieces, on Various Subjects, Volume 1R. and J. Dodsley, 1761 - English essays |
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Page 94
... expose them naked to the World . And when I have thus anatomized myself , I hope my Heart will be found found and untainted , and my Intentions honeft and fincere . [ c ] Longinus fays , that Gecilius wrote of the Sub- lime in a low Way ...
... expose them naked to the World . And when I have thus anatomized myself , I hope my Heart will be found found and untainted , and my Intentions honeft and fincere . [ c ] Longinus fays , that Gecilius wrote of the Sub- lime in a low Way ...
Page 179
... exposed either to Po- verty or Contempt . ' Tis confeffed their Education differs from ours : They cannot flourish at the Bar , or blufter in a Campaign ; but they may exercise their Genius at Whift , or their Courage at the Brag ...
... exposed either to Po- verty or Contempt . ' Tis confeffed their Education differs from ours : They cannot flourish at the Bar , or blufter in a Campaign ; but they may exercise their Genius at Whift , or their Courage at the Brag ...
Page 258
... this Weakness is fufficient to expose it ; fince I think no Man was ever pos- feffed of fo warm an Affection for his own Perfon , as deliberately deliberately to affert , that it , and its Concerns 258 THE POLITE PHILOSOPHER .
... this Weakness is fufficient to expose it ; fince I think no Man was ever pos- feffed of fo warm an Affection for his own Perfon , as deliberately deliberately to affert , that it , and its Concerns 258 THE POLITE PHILOSOPHER .
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