Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Nide 2proprietor, 1806 |
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... mankind the most refined luxury , to raise the mind to its due perfection , and give it a taste for those entertainments , which afford the highest trans- port , without the grossness or remorse that attends vulgar organic enjoyments ...
... mankind the most refined luxury , to raise the mind to its due perfection , and give it a taste for those entertainments , which afford the highest trans- port , without the grossness or remorse that attends vulgar organic enjoyments ...
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Thomas Tomkins. mankind are justly paid to those more refined spirits who , superior alike to the seductions of ease , and the tempta tions of avarice , devote their time and talents to the less gainful labours of increasing the stores ...
Thomas Tomkins. mankind are justly paid to those more refined spirits who , superior alike to the seductions of ease , and the tempta tions of avarice , devote their time and talents to the less gainful labours of increasing the stores ...
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Thomas Tomkins. HISTORY . HISTORY is an account of any facts or transactions of mankind too remote in time or place to be the subject of our personal inquiry ; and is that species of reading , in which we can never be too fully ...
Thomas Tomkins. HISTORY . HISTORY is an account of any facts or transactions of mankind too remote in time or place to be the subject of our personal inquiry ; and is that species of reading , in which we can never be too fully ...
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... mankind to their views : in the circle of worldly affairs the same characters and situations are per- petually returning ; and in the follies and passions , the vir- tues and errors of the generations that are past , we read our own ...
... mankind to their views : in the circle of worldly affairs the same characters and situations are per- petually returning ; and in the follies and passions , the vir- tues and errors of the generations that are past , we read our own ...
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... mankind in the different periods of time ; they should impress on their minds the leading facts , which have in a particular manner changed the aspect of the world , determined the opinions , or fixed the destiny of a considerable part ...
... mankind in the different periods of time ; they should impress on their minds the leading facts , which have in a particular manner changed the aspect of the world , determined the opinions , or fixed the destiny of a considerable part ...
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