The Spirit of the Age: Or, Contemporary Portraits. [By W. Hazlitt.] |
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... a peevish , yet puritanical expression , an irritable temperament corrected by habit and discipline . Or in modern times , he is something between Franklin and Charles ' S u SA tha Fox , with the comfortable double - chin and sleek ...
... a peevish , yet puritanical expression , an irritable temperament corrected by habit and discipline . Or in modern times , he is something between Franklin and Charles ' S u SA tha Fox , with the comfortable double - chin and sleek ...
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The moralist can no more do without the intermediate use of rules and principles , without the ' vantage ground of habit , without the levers of the understanding , than the mechanist can discard the use of wheels and pulleys ...
The moralist can no more do without the intermediate use of rules and principles , without the ' vantage ground of habit , without the levers of the understanding , than the mechanist can discard the use of wheels and pulleys ...
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... he gambles , and you remind him that he may be ruined by this foible ; he has lost his character , and you advise him to get into some reputable service or lucrative situation ; vice becomes a habit with him , and you request him to ...
... he gambles , and you remind him that he may be ruined by this foible ; he has lost his character , and you advise him to get into some reputable service or lucrative situation ; vice becomes a habit with him , and you request him to ...
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00 DS 量 veterate habit , with desperate circumstances , is to talk to the winds . Clownish ignorance may indeed be dispelled , and taught better ; but it is seldom that a criminal is not aware of the consequences of his act , or has ...
00 DS 量 veterate habit , with desperate circumstances , is to talk to the winds . Clownish ignorance may indeed be dispelled , and taught better ; but it is seldom that a criminal is not aware of the consequences of his act , or has ...
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... the force of habit ; and thus , though he has not said it himself , has enabled others to say to the towering aspirations after good , and to the over - bearing pride of human intellect " Thus far shalt thou come , and no farther !
... the force of habit ; and thus , though he has not said it himself , has enabled others to say to the towering aspirations after good , and to the over - bearing pride of human intellect " Thus far shalt thou come , and no farther !
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