Letters from Mrs. Elizabeth Carter, to Mrs. Montagu, Between the Years 1755 and 1800: Chiefly Upon Literary and Moral Subjects, Tom 2F.C. and J. Rivington, 1817 |
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... virtue . every The poor in our neighbourhood , God be thanked , are by no means in so wretched a state as those in your environs ; and the children sprawling on the thresholds of our cottages look fat and tidy . In the town , most of ...
... virtue . every The poor in our neighbourhood , God be thanked , are by no means in so wretched a state as those in your environs ; and the children sprawling on the thresholds of our cottages look fat and tidy . In the town , most of ...
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... virtue , might perhaps often be recovered by the support it might receive from society with more fixed and regular characters ; which may often be ne- cessary , till it can establish itself upon a better and surer foundation . Upon this ...
... virtue , might perhaps often be recovered by the support it might receive from society with more fixed and regular characters ; which may often be ne- cessary , till it can establish itself upon a better and surer foundation . Upon this ...
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... virtue . But the courage which is kindled by enthusiasm in a battle , is very differ- ent from the calm intrepidity produced by fixed principles of duty . I ramble from Greece to Peru , just as things come into my head . You wonder that ...
... virtue . But the courage which is kindled by enthusiasm in a battle , is very differ- ent from the calm intrepidity produced by fixed principles of duty . I ramble from Greece to Peru , just as things come into my head . You wonder that ...
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... virtue . Had Nero discovered no worse symptom than the extravagances and vices of vain and impetuous youth , indulged by un- bounded power , there might have been a reason- able expectation that wisdom and virtue , by pa- tient ...
... virtue . Had Nero discovered no worse symptom than the extravagances and vices of vain and impetuous youth , indulged by un- bounded power , there might have been a reason- able expectation that wisdom and virtue , by pa- tient ...
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... their overturn . You are certainly right that the best remedy against grief must be found in the recollection , and the exer- tion of virtue ; yet I doubt whether these , tion 44 me there are no accounts from her brothers, but ...
... their overturn . You are certainly right that the best remedy against grief must be found in the recollection , and the exer- tion of virtue ; yet I doubt whether these , tion 44 me there are no accounts from her brothers, but ...
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