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" ... appears to prevail when the passions have subsided. The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object of either abhorrence... "
The Parliamentary History of England, from the Earliest Period to the Year ... - Page 115
by William Cobbett - 1812
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Enfield's Guide to Elocution: Improved and Classically Divided Into Six ...

John Sabine - 1810 - 308 pages
...-without improvement, and vice appears to prevail, when the passions have subsided. The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors,...abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his grey hairs should secure him from insult. Much more, .Sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced...
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The History of England: From the Invasion of Julius Cæsar, to the ..., Volume 9

David Hume - 1810 - 582 pages
...reproach; but " he affirmed, that the wretch, who after having seen the " consequences of repeated errors, continues still to blunder, " and whose age...obstinacy to stupidity, is " surely the object of either abhorence or contempt, and " deserves not that his grey head should secure him from " insults : much...
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The History of England: From the Revolution to the Death of George the ...

Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 578 pages
...reproach; but " he affirmed, that the wretch, who after having seen the " consequences of repeated errors, continues still to blunder, " and whose age...obstinacy to stupidity, is " surely the object of either abhorence or contempt, and " deserves not that his grey head should secure him from " insults : much...
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The History of England: From the Revolution to the Death of George the ...

Tobias Smollett - 1810 - 590 pages
...reproach; but " he affirmed, that the wretch, who after having seen the " consequences of repeated errors, continues still to blunder, " and whose age...obstinacy to stupidity, is " surely the object of either abhorence or contempt, and " deserves not that his grey head should secure him from ". insults : much...
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1811 - 428 pages
...subsided. The wretch who, after having seen theconsequences of a thousand errors, continues still tcr blunder, and whose age has only added obstinacy to...abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his grey hairs should secure him from insult. Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced...
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Culloden Papers: Comprising an Extensive and Interesting Correspondence from ...

H. R. Duff - 1815 - 572 pages
...imputed to any man as a reproach ; but the wretch who, after having seen the consequences of repeated errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age...deserves not that his grey head should secure him from insult : much more is he to be abhorred, who, as he has advanced in age, has receded from virtue, and...
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Culloden Papers: Comprising an Extensive and Interesting Correspondence from ...

H. R. Duff - 1815 - 574 pages
...imputed to any man as a reproach ; but the wretch who, after having seen the consequences of repeated errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age...has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is Surely the objedt of either abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his grey head should secure him from...
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The British Plutarch: Containing the Lives of the Most Eminent ..., Volume 6

Francis Wrangham - 1816 - 532 pages
...passed without improvement, and vice appears to prevail when the passions are subsided. The wretch who, having seen the consequences of a thousand errors,...age has only added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely an object of contempt or abhorrence, and deserves not that his grey head should secure him from insult....
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The British Nepos; or, Youth's mirror: lives of illustrious Britons

William Fordyce Mavor - 1816 - 462 pages
...as a reproach; but I will affirm that the wretch, who, after having seen the consequence of repeated errors, continues still to blunder, and whose age...added obstinacy to stupidity, is surely the object either of abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his gray hairs should secure him from insult....
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The American Orator, Or, Elegant Extracts in Prose and Poetry: Comprehending ...

Increase Cooke - 1819 - 426 pages
...without improvement, and vice appears to prevail, when the passions have subsided. The wretch who, after having seen the consequences of a thousand errors,...abhorrence or contempt, and deserves not that his grey hairs should secure him from insult. Much more, sir, is he to be abhorred, who, as he advanced in age,...
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