The Man in the Moon: Consisting of Essays and Critiques on the Politics, Morals, Manners, Drama, &c. of the Present Day ... [no. 1-24; Nov. 12, 1803-Jan. 28 [i.e. Feb. 11] 1804]William Smelley S. Highley, 1804 - 194 sider |
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Side 2
... thing than the man in the moon : " how false and erroneous this degree of comparison must be , is evident , when one considers that from his high situation , and the having constantly his eyes , nose , and mouth , ready to see , smell ...
... thing than the man in the moon : " how false and erroneous this degree of comparison must be , is evident , when one considers that from his high situation , and the having constantly his eyes , nose , and mouth , ready to see , smell ...
Side 4
... thing that is mean . It may possibly be asked , What business the Man in the Moon has to make any of his observations upon us ? Why he should have fixed his inquisitive eye upon this island , and what he can possibly have to find fault ...
... thing that is mean . It may possibly be asked , What business the Man in the Moon has to make any of his observations upon us ? Why he should have fixed his inquisitive eye upon this island , and what he can possibly have to find fault ...
Side 5
... things are wrong , that there is now and then a little crooked policy , that we are apt to mistake the matter , that prejudice is the worst of tyrants , that aristocrats and democrats are fools of one and the same species , though of a ...
... things are wrong , that there is now and then a little crooked policy , that we are apt to mistake the matter , that prejudice is the worst of tyrants , that aristocrats and democrats are fools of one and the same species , though of a ...
Side 7
... thing is laid open to him , even the machinery of poli- tics , the wheel within wheel , that by its movements dazzles and confounds the vulgar eye ; how he can know when the work is imperfect ; why it is dangerous to meddle with it ...
... thing is laid open to him , even the machinery of poli- tics , the wheel within wheel , that by its movements dazzles and confounds the vulgar eye ; how he can know when the work is imperfect ; why it is dangerous to meddle with it ...
Side 8
... thing , it will be only to expose vice and folly . The Man in the Moon is no anarchist , for he con- templates with constant admiration the order of the universe ; he is no democrat , for he is above the com- mon sphere ; and he ...
... thing , it will be only to expose vice and folly . The Man in the Moon is no anarchist , for he con- templates with constant admiration the order of the universe ; he is no democrat , for he is above the com- mon sphere ; and he ...
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