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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Without it , learning is pedantry ; and wit , impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors , and active to his own prejudice . Nor does discretion only make a man ...
Without it , learning is pedantry ; and wit , impertinence ; virtue itself looks like weakness ; the best parts only qualify a man to be more sprightly in errors , and active to his own prejudice . Nor does discretion only make a man ...
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In a J I have , in this essay upon discretion , considered it both as an accomplishment and as a virtue , and have therefore described it in its full extent ; not only as it is conversant about worldly affairs , but as it regards our ...
In a J I have , in this essay upon discretion , considered it both as an accomplishment and as a virtue , and have therefore described it in its full extent ; not only as it is conversant about worldly affairs , but as it regards our ...
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I am afraid it has lost its virtue , and that a woman of our times will find no more relief in taking such a leap , than in singing an hymn to Venus . So that I must cry out with Dido in Dryden's Virgil , " Ah ! cruel Heaven , that made ...
I am afraid it has lost its virtue , and that a woman of our times will find no more relief in taking such a leap , than in singing an hymn to Venus . So that I must cry out with Dido in Dryden's Virgil , " Ah ! cruel Heaven , that made ...
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It heightens all the virtues which it accompanies ; like the shades in paintings , it raises and rounds every figure , and makes the colours more beautiful , though not ... Modesty is not only an ornament , but also a guard to virtue .
It heightens all the virtues which it accompanies ; like the shades in paintings , it raises and rounds every figure , and makes the colours more beautiful , though not ... Modesty is not only an ornament , but also a guard to virtue .
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If modesty has so great an influence over our actions , and is in many cases so impregnable a fence to virtue , what can more undermine morality than that politeness which reigns among the unthinking part of mankind , and treats as ...
If modesty has so great an influence over our actions , and is in many cases so impregnable a fence to virtue , what can more undermine morality than that politeness which reigns among the unthinking part of mankind , and treats as ...
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| Titel | The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Bind 2 The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Joseph Addison |
| Forfatter | Joseph Addison |
| Udgiver | Vernor 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 |
| Oprindeligt fra | Harvard University |
| Digitaliseret | 17. jan 2008 |
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