Sketches of the History of Man, Volumen3A. Strahan and T. Cadell, London; and for William Creech, Edinburgh, 1788 |
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... paf- fion in youth , intereft will be the ruling paffion in age : the felfish principle is the King against the multitude , I take not on me to pro- nounce : but this I pronounce with affurance , that fuch a conftitution is unhappy with ...
... paf- fion in youth , intereft will be the ruling paffion in age : the felfish principle is the King against the multitude , I take not on me to pro- nounce : but this I pronounce with affurance , that fuch a conftitution is unhappy with ...
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... paf- fion * . A The following portrait is fketched by a good hand , ( Madame Pompadour ) ; and if it have any resemblance , it fets our plan in a confpicuous light . The French nobleffe , fays that lady , fpending their lives in ...
... paf- fion * . A The following portrait is fketched by a good hand , ( Madame Pompadour ) ; and if it have any resemblance , it fets our plan in a confpicuous light . The French nobleffe , fays that lady , fpending their lives in ...
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... pafs little of their time there , but that the immenfe fums laid out upon gardening and pleasure - grounds , are the effect of vanity more than of taste ! In fact , fuch embellishments are beginning to wear out of fashion ; appetite for ...
... pafs little of their time there , but that the immenfe fums laid out upon gardening and pleasure - grounds , are the effect of vanity more than of taste ! In fact , fuch embellishments are beginning to wear out of fashion ; appetite for ...
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... however rare or fingular , that alarms and agitates the mind ; because the mind in agitation is remarkably fufceptible of impreffions ; for which reason , stories of ghosts and арра- ritions pafs which Sk . I. I. 213 Reafon .
... however rare or fingular , that alarms and agitates the mind ; because the mind in agitation is remarkably fufceptible of impreffions ; for which reason , stories of ghosts and арра- ritions pafs which Sk . I. I. 213 Reafon .
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Lord Henry Home Kames. which reason , stories of ghosts and арра- ritions pafs current with the vulgar . Elo- quence also has great power over the mind ; and , by making deep impreffions , enforces the belief of facts upon evidence that ...
Lord Henry Home Kames. which reason , stories of ghosts and арра- ritions pafs current with the vulgar . Elo- quence also has great power over the mind ; and , by making deep impreffions , enforces the belief of facts upon evidence that ...
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