Biographical and Critical Essays: Reprinted from Reviews, with Additions and Corrections. 1st [-3rd] Ser |
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The most fugitive attention is caught by anecdotes : the most volatile mind retains
them so long as it retains anything ; and none but the shallowest will miss the
moral they point , the reflections they suggest , or the conclusions they justify .
The most fugitive attention is caught by anecdotes : the most volatile mind retains
them so long as it retains anything ; and none but the shallowest will miss the
moral they point , the reflections they suggest , or the conclusions they justify .
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I know people who are more than sixty and do not despair of progeny . ” All the
House burst out laughing , and the King laughed with the rest . There is a French
maxim old enough to have been in Shaftesbury ' s mind — “ That a man marrying
...
I know people who are more than sixty and do not despair of progeny . ” All the
House burst out laughing , and the King laughed with the rest . There is a French
maxim old enough to have been in Shaftesbury ' s mind — “ That a man marrying
...
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In the debate of October 20 , 1675 , Lord Shaftesbury said :Pray , my Lords ,
forgive me if on this occasion I put you in mind of committee dinners , and the
scandal of it — those ladies that attended all causes . It was come to that pass
that men ...
In the debate of October 20 , 1675 , Lord Shaftesbury said :Pray , my Lords ,
forgive me if on this occasion I put you in mind of committee dinners , and the
scandal of it — those ladies that attended all causes . It was come to that pass
that men ...
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... ensuing periods — of 1628 , 1640 , or 1659 ; not true of Hampden , Holles ,
Digby , Capel , Hyde , Falkland , and a host of accom - · plished and highly -
cultivated men , whose minds and memories fairly ran over with classical
illustrations .
... ensuing periods — of 1628 , 1640 , or 1659 ; not true of Hampden , Holles ,
Digby , Capel , Hyde , Falkland , and a host of accom - · plished and highly -
cultivated men , whose minds and memories fairly ran over with classical
illustrations .
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For my part , I shall shun both ; and speak my mind with as much duty , as any
man , to his majesty , without neglecting the ... their afflicted minds ; and , on the
conclusion of the festival , the slaves severally returned to their former servitudes
.
For my part , I shall shun both ; and speak my mind with as much duty , as any
man , to his majesty , without neglecting the ... their afflicted minds ; and , on the
conclusion of the festival , the slaves severally returned to their former servitudes
.
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