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... did not presume to request the liberty of prefixing to them a name so illustrious . Encouraged by the favourable manner in which the Public has received Two Volumes , I now A 2 I now humbly beg leave , on the publication of.
... did not presume to request the liberty of prefixing to them a name so illustrious . Encouraged by the favourable manner in which the Public has received Two Volumes , I now A 2 I now humbly beg leave , on the publication of.
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... manners , but manly in his feel- ings ; on whose word you can entirely rely ; whose countenance never deceives you ; whose professions of kindness are the effu- sions of his heart ; one , in fine , whom , independent of any views of ...
... manners , but manly in his feel- ings ; on whose word you can entirely rely ; whose countenance never deceives you ; whose professions of kindness are the effu- sions of his heart ; one , in fine , whom , independent of any views of ...
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... manner , render themselves unamiable , even when they mean to do good . How happy then would it be for mankind , if this affectionate disposition prevailed more gene- rally in the world ! How much would the sum of public virtue and ...
... manner , render themselves unamiable , even when they mean to do good . How happy then would it be for mankind , if this affectionate disposition prevailed more gene- rally in the world ! How much would the sum of public virtue and ...
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... manner alone may be learned in the school of the world ; and often , too often , is found to cover much unfeeling hardness of heart . Professions of sensibility on every trifling occasion , joined with the appearance of ex- cessive ...
... manner alone may be learned in the school of the world ; and often , too often , is found to cover much unfeeling hardness of heart . Professions of sensibility on every trifling occasion , joined with the appearance of ex- cessive ...
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Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. II . under a negligent and seemingly rough SERMON manner , there lies a tender and feeling heart . Manliness and sensibility are so far from being incompatible , that the truly brave are for the most part ...
Hugh Blair, James Finlayson. II . under a negligent and seemingly rough SERMON manner , there lies a tender and feeling heart . Manliness and sensibility are so far from being incompatible , that the truly brave are for the most part ...
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