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... their Drydens , Butlers , Otways , and Farquhars were all writers for bread . Believe me , my friend , hunger has a most amazing faculty for sharpening the genius ; and he who with a full belly , can think like a. CITIZEN OF THE WORLD . 93.
... their Drydens , Butlers , Otways , and Farquhars were all writers for bread . Believe me , my friend , hunger has a most amazing faculty for sharpening the genius ; and he who with a full belly , can think like a. CITIZEN OF THE WORLD . 93.
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... genius , may vainly attempt to equal . How then are they deceived , who expect from title , dignity , and exterior circumstance an excel- lence , which is in some measure acquired by habit , and sharpened by necessity ; you have seen ...
... genius , may vainly attempt to equal . How then are they deceived , who expect from title , dignity , and exterior circumstance an excel- lence , which is in some measure acquired by habit , and sharpened by necessity ; you have seen ...
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... genius ; he it is who allows of secrets yet unknown ; who , undaunted by the seeming difficulties that oppose , prompts hu- man curiosity to examine every part of Nature , and even exhorts man to try whether he cannot subject the ...
... genius ; he it is who allows of secrets yet unknown ; who , undaunted by the seeming difficulties that oppose , prompts hu- man curiosity to examine every part of Nature , and even exhorts man to try whether he cannot subject the ...
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... Genius is surely now no more . In every region I find enemies in arms to oppress him . Ava- rice in Europe , jealousy in Persia , ceremony in Chi- na , poverty among the Tartars , and lust in. CITIZEN OF THE WORLD . 165.
... Genius is surely now no more . In every region I find enemies in arms to oppress him . Ava- rice in Europe , jealousy in Persia , ceremony in Chi- na , poverty among the Tartars , and lust in. CITIZEN OF THE WORLD . 165.
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... Genius is certainly banished from earth , though once adored un- der such a variety of forms . He is no where to be found ; and all that the ladies of each country can produce , are but a few trifling reliques as instances of his former ...
... Genius is certainly banished from earth , though once adored un- der such a variety of forms . He is no where to be found ; and all that the ladies of each country can produce , are but a few trifling reliques as instances of his former ...
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