The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bell & Daldy, 1872 |
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... thing else but clusters of these little private royalties , and therefore I consider the masters of families as small deputy- governors presiding over the several little parcels and divi- sions of their fellow - subjects . As I take ...
... thing else but clusters of these little private royalties , and therefore I consider the masters of families as small deputy- governors presiding over the several little parcels and divi- sions of their fellow - subjects . As I take ...
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... thing I am able to give each of them , which is , a virtuous education . I think it is Sir Francis Bacon's observation , that in a numerous family of children , the eldest is often spoiled by the prospect of an estate , and the youngest ...
... thing I am able to give each of them , which is , a virtuous education . I think it is Sir Francis Bacon's observation , that in a numerous family of children , the eldest is often spoiled by the prospect of an estate , and the youngest ...
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... thing prophesies to the superstitious man ; there is scarce a straw or a rusty piece of iron that lies in his way by ac ... things of so uncer- tain , shadowy , and chimerical a nature . This I cannot do more effectually , than by the ...
... thing prophesies to the superstitious man ; there is scarce a straw or a rusty piece of iron that lies in his way by ac ... things of so uncer- tain , shadowy , and chimerical a nature . This I cannot do more effectually , than by the ...
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... things come under consideration . The author should either have left out- " the suggestions of true honour , ' or , he should have said , “ is not determined by the dictates of his own conscience , the suggestions of true honour , or ...
... things come under consideration . The author should either have left out- " the suggestions of true honour , ' or , he should have said , “ is not determined by the dictates of his own conscience , the suggestions of true honour , or ...
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... things with it to the eye : so that though within this visible world there be a more glorious scene of things than what appears to us , we perceive nothing at all of it ; for this veil of flesh parts the visible and invisible world ...
... things with it to the eye : so that though within this visible world there be a more glorious scene of things than what appears to us , we perceive nothing at all of it ; for this veil of flesh parts the visible and invisible world ...
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