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But instead of continuing the subject myself, take the following instructions
borrowed from a modern philosopher of China". “ He who has begun his for“tune
by study will certainly confirm it by perseve* rance. The love of books damps the ...
But instead of continuing the subject myself, take the following instructions
borrowed from a modern philosopher of China". “ He who has begun his for“tune
by study will certainly confirm it by perseve* rance. The love of books damps the ...
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To be able to inculcate virtue by so leaky a vehicle, the author must be a
philosopher of the first rank. But in our age we can find but few first-rate
philosophers. “Avoid such performances where vice assumes the face of virtue;
seek wisdom and ...
To be able to inculcate virtue by so leaky a vehicle, the author must be a
philosopher of the first rank. But in our age we can find but few first-rate
philosophers. “Avoid such performances where vice assumes the face of virtue;
seek wisdom and ...
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Even philosophers themselves are not exempt from its influence; it has often
converted a poet into a coral and bells, and a patriot senator into a dumb waiter.
Some days ago I went to visit the man in black, and entered his house with that ...
Even philosophers themselves are not exempt from its influence; it has often
converted a poet into a coral and bells, and a patriot senator into a dumb waiter.
Some days ago I went to visit the man in black, and entered his house with that ...
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In all the losses of our friends, says an European philosopher, we first consider
how much our own welfare is affected by their departure, and moderate our real
grief just in the same proportion. Now, as I had neither received nor expected to ...
In all the losses of our friends, says an European philosopher, we first consider
how much our own welfare is affected by their departure, and moderate our real
grief just in the same proportion. Now, as I had neither received nor expected to ...
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Among the number of Philosophers, who, undaunted by their supposed variety,
have attempted to give a description of the productions of Nature, Aristotle
deserves the first place. This great philosopher was furnished by his pupil
Alexander, ...
Among the number of Philosophers, who, undaunted by their supposed variety,
have attempted to give a description of the productions of Nature, Aristotle
deserves the first place. This great philosopher was furnished by his pupil
Alexander, ...
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| Titel | The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Band 4 The Miscellaneous Works of Oliver Goldsmith, Oliver Goldsmith |
| Autor/in | Oliver Goldsmith |
| Herausgeber | Samuel Rose |
| Verlag | Hastings, Etheridge, and Bliss, 1809 |
| Original von | University of Michigan |
| Digitalisiert | 19. Nov. 2013 |
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