The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Bind 2Vernor and Hood; John Walker; Cuthell and Martin; W.J. and J. Richardson; Longman and Rees; R. Lea; and J. and A. Arch. ; T. Maiden, printer, Sherbourn-Lane, 1804 |
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The great difference is , that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation , by suppressing some , and communicating others ; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words .
The great difference is , that the first knows how to pick and cull his thoughts for conversation , by suppressing some , and communicating others ; whereas the other lets them all indifferently fly out in words .
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Accordingly , if we look into particular communities and divisions of men , we observe that it is the discreet man , not the witty , nor the learned , nor the brave , who guides the conversation , and gives measures to the society .
Accordingly , if we look into particular communities and divisions of men , we observe that it is the discreet man , not the witty , nor the learned , nor the brave , who guides the conversation , and gives measures to the society .
Side 21
This is such a poorness of spirit , such a despicable cowardice , such a degenerate abject state of mind , as one would think human nature incapable of , did we not meet with frequent instances of it in ordinary conversation .
This is such a poorness of spirit , such a despicable cowardice , such a degenerate abject state of mind , as one would think human nature incapable of , did we not meet with frequent instances of it in ordinary conversation .
Side 23
... passion for his memory ; but being arrived at the promontory , she there met with Dimmachus , the Miletian , and after a short conversation with him , laid aside the thoughts of her leap , and married him in the temple of Apollo .
... passion for his memory ; but being arrived at the promontory , she there met with Dimmachus , the Miletian , and after a short conversation with him , laid aside the thoughts of her leap , and married him in the temple of Apollo .
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I have known an old lady make an unhappy marriage the subject of a month's conversation . She blamed the bride in one place , pitied her in another ; laughed at her in a third ; wondered at her in a fourth ; was angry with her in a ...
I have known an old lady make an unhappy marriage the subject of a month's conversation . She blamed the bride in one place , pitied her in another ; laughed at her in a third ; wondered at her in a fourth ; was angry with her in a ...
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