The Works in Verse and Prose, of William Shenstone, Esq: Most of which Were Never Before Printed ...R. and J. Dodsley, 1764 |
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... presume to frame opinions for themselves . It is true they will pretend to taste an object which they know their betters do . But then they confider confider some persons judgment as a certain stan- dard or 6 ESSAYS ON MEN ,
... presume to frame opinions for themselves . It is true they will pretend to taste an object which they know their betters do . But then they confider confider some persons judgment as a certain stan- dard or 6 ESSAYS ON MEN ,
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... themselves . THAT as thou divideft thy bounties impartially ; giving riches to one , and the contempt of riches . to another , fo thou haft given me , in the midst of poverty , to defpife the infolence of riches , and by declining all ...
... themselves . THAT as thou divideft thy bounties impartially ; giving riches to one , and the contempt of riches . to another , fo thou haft given me , in the midst of poverty , to defpife the infolence of riches , and by declining all ...
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... themselves with fuch devices as these holy combatants , were yet as defirous of ref- pect , of eftimation , of diftinction . It would be tedious enough to trace the steps by which money establishes even abfurdity . A court of heraldry ...
... themselves with fuch devices as these holy combatants , were yet as defirous of ref- pect , of eftimation , of diftinction . It would be tedious enough to trace the steps by which money establishes even abfurdity . A court of heraldry ...
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... themselves for a brocaded waiftecoat , or a gold fnuff - box , as they now do to procure themfelves a right of invefting their limbs in lawn or ermine . We should not esteem a man a coxcomb for his drefs , till , by frequent ...
... themselves for a brocaded waiftecoat , or a gold fnuff - box , as they now do to procure themfelves a right of invefting their limbs in lawn or ermine . We should not esteem a man a coxcomb for his drefs , till , by frequent ...
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... themselves , their obfervati- ons are as uniform , as though they were the con- fequence of instinct . There is nothing places thefe men in a more infignificant point of light , than a comparison of their ideas with the refine- ments of ...
... themselves , their obfervati- ons are as uniform , as though they were the con- fequence of instinct . There is nothing places thefe men in a more infignificant point of light , than a comparison of their ideas with the refine- ments of ...
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