Table-talk; Or, Original Essays, Volume 2A. and W. Galignani, 1825 |
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Page 33
... generation of truth and beauty . Success prompts to exertion ; and habit facilitates success . It is idle to suppose we can exhaust nature ; and the more we employ our own faculties , the ON APPLICATION TO STUDY . 33.
... generation of truth and beauty . Success prompts to exertion ; and habit facilitates success . It is idle to suppose we can exhaust nature ; and the more we employ our own faculties , the ON APPLICATION TO STUDY . 33.
Page 80
... suppose that this is the most important subject , and that being his favourite study , he is the best judge of that point , still it is not the only one -why then treat every other question or pursuit with disdain 80 ON EGOTISM .
... suppose that this is the most important subject , and that being his favourite study , he is the best judge of that point , still it is not the only one -why then treat every other question or pursuit with disdain 80 ON EGOTISM .
Page 98
... suppose ourselves to sit down to his delicate viands and sumptuous board , with a relish unabat ed by long habit and vicious excess . I am not sure whether Mandeville has not given the same answer to this hackneyed question . pride ...
... suppose ourselves to sit down to his delicate viands and sumptuous board , with a relish unabat ed by long habit and vicious excess . I am not sure whether Mandeville has not given the same answer to this hackneyed question . pride ...
Page 127
... suppose , are a knot of people got together , who , having no serious wants of their own , with leisure and independence , and caring little about abstract truth or practical utility , are met for no mortal purpose but to say and to do ...
... suppose , are a knot of people got together , who , having no serious wants of their own , with leisure and independence , and caring little about abstract truth or practical utility , are met for no mortal purpose but to say and to do ...
Page 170
... suppose ( " not to speak it profanely " ) the general characters of different animals with which we are acquainted , as of the fox , the wolf , the hog , the goat , the dog , the monkey ; and I suspect this analogy , whether perceived ...
... suppose ( " not to speak it profanely " ) the general characters of different animals with which we are acquainted , as of the fox , the wolf , the hog , the goat , the dog , the monkey ; and I suspect this analogy , whether perceived ...
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