The British Essayists: GuardianAlexander Chalmers C. and J. Rivington, 1823 - English essays |
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... kind , We follow where our passions lead the way ? CLAUD . I WAS considering last night , when I could not sleep , how noble a part of the creation man was designed to be , and how distinguished in all his actions above other earthly ...
... kind , We follow where our passions lead the way ? CLAUD . I WAS considering last night , when I could not sleep , how noble a part of the creation man was designed to be , and how distinguished in all his actions above other earthly ...
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... kind of fond phrensy , absent from himself , and exaspe- rated into rage , cursed her heartily ; but returning to himself , was all confusion , repentance , and sub- mission , but in vain ; the lady continued inexorable , and so the ...
... kind of fond phrensy , absent from himself , and exaspe- rated into rage , cursed her heartily ; but returning to himself , was all confusion , repentance , and sub- mission , but in vain ; the lady continued inexorable , and so the ...
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... kind are no less in proportion accountable for the ill use of their dominion over creatures of the lower rank of beings , than for the exercise of tyranny over their own species . The more entirely the inferior creation is submitted to ...
... kind are no less in proportion accountable for the ill use of their dominion over creatures of the lower rank of beings , than for the exercise of tyranny over their own species . The more entirely the inferior creation is submitted to ...
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... kind of violation of the laws of hospitality , to murder them . As for robin - red - breasts in particular , it is not improbable they owe their security to the old ballad of the Children in the Wood . However it be , I do not know , I ...
... kind of violation of the laws of hospitality , to murder them . As for robin - red - breasts in particular , it is not improbable they owe their security to the old ballad of the Children in the Wood . However it be , I do not know , I ...
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... kind ; but humanity may be extended through the whole order of creatures , even to the meanest . Such actions of charity are the overflowings of a mild good - nature on all below us . It is certainly the part of a well - natured man to ...
... kind ; but humanity may be extended through the whole order of creatures , even to the meanest . Such actions of charity are the overflowings of a mild good - nature on all below us . It is certainly the part of a well - natured man to ...
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