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Page vii
... man , they naturally suggest the idea of being odious to the enemy of man . I now dismiss my work with the consoling re- flection that I have endeavoured to inculcate the best lessons of morality and virtue : that my PREFACE . Vii.
... man , they naturally suggest the idea of being odious to the enemy of man . I now dismiss my work with the consoling re- flection that I have endeavoured to inculcate the best lessons of morality and virtue : that my PREFACE . Vii.
Page viii
A Poem, in Ten Books Thomas Northmore. the best lessons of morality and virtue : that my endeavours will be crowned with success , would be vanity to expect ; but if I fail , I shall fail in the greatest of undertakings , where suc- cess ...
A Poem, in Ten Books Thomas Northmore. the best lessons of morality and virtue : that my endeavours will be crowned with success , would be vanity to expect ; but if I fail , I shall fail in the greatest of undertakings , where suc- cess ...
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... virtue ? Men will watch him with a jealous eye , they will hide their papers from him , and lock up their escritoires . He will henceforth esteem it a libel to be called a man of letters ; homo trium literurum . " The dignified supe ...
... virtue ? Men will watch him with a jealous eye , they will hide their papers from him , and lock up their escritoires . He will henceforth esteem it a libel to be called a man of letters ; homo trium literurum . " The dignified supe ...
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... virtue ? and will they persist in oppressing it ? " & c . See Life of W. iv , p . 298. 482 ; ii . 164 ; Almon's Parl . Deb . Nov. 1777 , viii . p . 18 ; Ramsay , ii . 172 . 216. Motte's example , — “ The British ( an . 1781 ) had built ...
... virtue ? and will they persist in oppressing it ? " & c . See Life of W. iv , p . 298. 482 ; ii . 164 ; Almon's Parl . Deb . Nov. 1777 , viii . p . 18 ; Ramsay , ii . 172 . 216. Motte's example , — “ The British ( an . 1781 ) had built ...
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... virtues , they ' ve undone his country . " Fox upon this rose again , and said " the term of rebel , applied by the noble lord to that excellent person , was no certain mark of disgrace , and therefore he was the less ear- nest to clear ...
... virtues , they ' ve undone his country . " Fox upon this rose again , and said " the term of rebel , applied by the noble lord to that excellent person , was no certain mark of disgrace , and therefore he was the less ear- nest to clear ...
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