Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality. By Mr. Addison |
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... because , as often as I have reviewed the fcenes in which I have mixed among the bufy and the gay , I have observed that a depravity of manners , a licentious extravagance of drefs and behaviour , are become almost univerfal : virtue ...
... because , as often as I have reviewed the fcenes in which I have mixed among the bufy and the gay , I have observed that a depravity of manners , a licentious extravagance of drefs and behaviour , are become almost univerfal : virtue ...
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... because they will no longer dif- tinguish virtue from vice . General cuftom , perhaps , may be thought an effectual fecurity against general cenfure ; but it will not always lull the fufpicions of jealoufy ; nor can it familiarize any ...
... because they will no longer dif- tinguish virtue from vice . General cuftom , perhaps , may be thought an effectual fecurity against general cenfure ; but it will not always lull the fufpicions of jealoufy ; nor can it familiarize any ...
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... because , " said he , " I " know that my father keeps a watchful eye upon " your conduct , which may , therefore , confirm or " remove his displeasure , and either intercept or " bestow fuch an increase of my fortune as will pre- " vent ...
... because , " said he , " I " know that my father keeps a watchful eye upon " your conduct , which may , therefore , confirm or " remove his displeasure , and either intercept or " bestow fuch an increase of my fortune as will pre- " vent ...
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... because thou art bleft With prudence how to choose the best . In books and gardens thou haft plac'd aright Thy noble , innocent delight . Oh ! who would change these soft , but folid joys , For empty fhows and fenfelefs noife ? Who ...
... because thou art bleft With prudence how to choose the best . In books and gardens thou haft plac'd aright Thy noble , innocent delight . Oh ! who would change these soft , but folid joys , For empty fhows and fenfelefs noife ? Who ...
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... because the best good man , on several occasions , often wants an affistant to direct his judgment , quicken his industry , and fortify his fpirits . A brother , ' in- deed , as the wife man obferves , " was born for ad- verfity ; but ...
... because the best good man , on several occasions , often wants an affistant to direct his judgment , quicken his industry , and fortify his fpirits . A brother , ' in- deed , as the wife man obferves , " was born for ad- verfity ; but ...
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