The Spirit of the Age, Or, Contemporary Portraits |
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Those who on pure cosmopolite principles , or on the ground of abstract humanity affect an extraordinary regard for the Turks and Tartars , have been accused of neglecting their duties to their friends and next - door neighbours .
Those who on pure cosmopolite principles , or on the ground of abstract humanity affect an extraordinary regard for the Turks and Tartars , have been accused of neglecting their duties to their friends and next - door neighbours .
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... he has scarcely friend or foe , the world make a point ( as Goldsmith used to say ) of taking no more notice of him than if such an individual had never existed ; he is to all ordinary intents and purposes dead and buried ; but the ...
... he has scarcely friend or foe , the world make a point ( as Goldsmith used to say ) of taking no more notice of him than if such an individual had never existed ; he is to all ordinary intents and purposes dead and buried ; but the ...
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Gratitude , promises , friendship , family affection give way , not that they may be merged in the opposite vices or in want of principle ; but that the void may be filled up by the disinterested love of good , and the dictates of ...
Gratitude , promises , friendship , family affection give way , not that they may be merged in the opposite vices or in want of principle ; but that the void may be filled up by the disinterested love of good , and the dictates of ...
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birth in morals , it may be worth noticing , that volumes of sermons have been written to excuse the founder of Christianity for not including friendship and private affection among its golden rules , but rather excluding them .
birth in morals , it may be worth noticing , that volumes of sermons have been written to excuse the founder of Christianity for not including friendship and private affection among its golden rules , but rather excluding them .
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Mr. Fawcett ( an old friend and fellow - student of our author , and who always spoke of his writings with admiration , tinctured with wonder ) used to mention a circumstance with respect to the last - mentioned work , which may throw ...
Mr. Fawcett ( an old friend and fellow - student of our author , and who always spoke of his writings with admiration , tinctured with wonder ) used to mention a circumstance with respect to the last - mentioned work , which may throw ...
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