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Page ix
... reason why they are pleased . It is the aim and design of the following pages to put the reader in this precise condition ; believing , with Sydney Smith , " that all mankind are happier for having been happy ; so that if you make them ...
... reason why they are pleased . It is the aim and design of the following pages to put the reader in this precise condition ; believing , with Sydney Smith , " that all mankind are happier for having been happy ; so that if you make them ...
Page x
... reason ) , that " there are a hundred faults in this thing ; yet a book may be amus- ing with numerous errors , or it may be dull without a single absurdity . " It would be great temerity to appropriate to our humble essay the witty ...
... reason ) , that " there are a hundred faults in this thing ; yet a book may be amus- ing with numerous errors , or it may be dull without a single absurdity . " It would be great temerity to appropriate to our humble essay the witty ...
Page 66
... reason , and is the last to yield to the force of reason . Philosophy combats , satire exposes , religion con- demns it in vain : it yields neither to argument , nor ridicule , nor conscience . * * Hunter's Biography . " I riches read ...
... reason , and is the last to yield to the force of reason . Philosophy combats , satire exposes , religion con- demns it in vain : it yields neither to argument , nor ridicule , nor conscience . * * Hunter's Biography . " I riches read ...
Page 70
... reason , and so nearly is passion allied to madness . " This is the turn the love of money takes in cautious , dry , recluse , and speculative minds . If it were the pure and abstract love of money , it could take no other turn but this ...
... reason , and so nearly is passion allied to madness . " This is the turn the love of money takes in cautious , dry , recluse , and speculative minds . If it were the pure and abstract love of money , it could take no other turn but this ...
Page 83
... reason , the ban- dage on his eyes was continued a month longer than the usual time . Taylor was deceived by these misrepresentations , and agreed to compound the bargain , and accepted twenty guineas , instead of sixty . At the time ...
... reason , the ban- dage on his eyes was continued a month longer than the usual time . Taylor was deceived by these misrepresentations , and agreed to compound the bargain , and accepted twenty guineas , instead of sixty . At the time ...
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