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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Side 45
... tion , what they could never arrive at by practice , and by this means avoid the snares of the crafty , the corruptions of the vicious , and the reasonings of the prejudiced . Their minds may be opened without being vitiated . It is ...
... tion , what they could never arrive at by practice , and by this means avoid the snares of the crafty , the corruptions of the vicious , and the reasonings of the prejudiced . Their minds may be opened without being vitiated . It is ...
Side 54
... tion in the esteem of vulgar minds , and raise them- selves above persons of much more laudable cha- racters . If the talent of ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly , it might be of some use to the world ; but ...
... tion in the esteem of vulgar minds , and raise them- selves above persons of much more laudable cha- racters . If the talent of ridicule were employed to laugh men out of vice and folly , it might be of some use to the world ; but ...
Side 68
... tion by so selfish a motive , and to do that out of a desire of fame , which we could not be prompted to by a disinterested love to mankind , or by a generous passion for the glory of him that made us . Thus is fame a thing difficult to ...
... tion by so selfish a motive , and to do that out of a desire of fame , which we could not be prompted to by a disinterested love to mankind , or by a generous passion for the glory of him that made us . Thus is fame a thing difficult to ...
Side 69
... tion often stirs up the envy of such as were once his superiors , who think it a detraction from their merit , to see another get ground upon them , and overtake them in the pursuits of glory ; and will therefore endeavour to sink his ...
... tion often stirs up the envy of such as were once his superiors , who think it a detraction from their merit , to see another get ground upon them , and overtake them in the pursuits of glory ; and will therefore endeavour to sink his ...
Side 85
... tion , might have set their country in a flame . The air - pump , the barometer , the quadrant , and the like inventions , were thrown out to those busy spirits , as tubs and barrels are to a whale , that he may let the ship sail on ...
... tion , might have set their country in a flame . The air - pump , the barometer , the quadrant , and the like inventions , were thrown out to those busy spirits , as tubs and barrels are to a whale , that he may let the ship sail on ...
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