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... bring to pass and without doubt , of all pas- sions which naturally disturb the mind of man , it is most in our power to extinguish , at least to suppress and correct , our anger . Clarendon . ANGER INJURES ITSELF . - Anger is like rain ...
... bring to pass and without doubt , of all pas- sions which naturally disturb the mind of man , it is most in our power to extinguish , at least to suppress and correct , our anger . Clarendon . ANGER INJURES ITSELF . - Anger is like rain ...
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... brings over the most obstinate and inflexible . Philip of Macedon was a man of most invincible reason this way . He refuted by it all the wisdom of Athens , confounded their statesmen , struck their orators dumb , and at length argued ...
... brings over the most obstinate and inflexible . Philip of Macedon was a man of most invincible reason this way . He refuted by it all the wisdom of Athens , confounded their statesmen , struck their orators dumb , and at length argued ...
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... bring- ing over others ; a strong delusion always operating from without , as vigorously as from within . For cant and vision are to the ear and the eye , the same that tickling is to the touch . - Swift . CARD - PLAYING . - It is very ...
... bring- ing over others ; a strong delusion always operating from without , as vigorously as from within . For cant and vision are to the ear and the eye , the same that tickling is to the touch . - Swift . CARD - PLAYING . - It is very ...
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... bringing either into contempt . The weak must have their inducements to admiration as well as the wise ; and it is the business of a sensible government to impress all ranks with a sense of subordination , whether this be effected 1 1 ...
... bringing either into contempt . The weak must have their inducements to admiration as well as the wise ; and it is the business of a sensible government to impress all ranks with a sense of subordination , whether this be effected 1 1 ...
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... bring entertainment to them . A man thus disposed , perhaps , may not have much learning , nor any wit ; but if he has common sense , and something friendly in his behavior , it con- ciliates men's minds more than the brightest parts ...
... bring entertainment to them . A man thus disposed , perhaps , may not have much learning , nor any wit ; but if he has common sense , and something friendly in his behavior , it con- ciliates men's minds more than the brightest parts ...
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