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... still living , fhews us , more than a thoufand examples , the high reputation this great man had gained among his conte.nporaries upon the account of his fincerity . When fuch an inflexible integrity is a little soften- ed and qualified ...
... still living , fhews us , more than a thoufand examples , the high reputation this great man had gained among his conte.nporaries upon the account of his fincerity . When fuch an inflexible integrity is a little soften- ed and qualified ...
Page 30
... still as good She was a wi- V. Lady Katharine Swallow . dow at eighteen , and has fince buried a fecond hufband and two coachmen . VI . The Lady Waddle . She was married in the fifteenth year of her age to Sir Simon Waddle , knight ...
... still as good She was a wi- V. Lady Katharine Swallow . dow at eighteen , and has fince buried a fecond hufband and two coachmen . VI . The Lady Waddle . She was married in the fifteenth year of her age to Sir Simon Waddle , knight ...
Page 43
... still farther , and make it extend to most of their actions . If , on the one hand , we fair- ly weighed every circumftance , we fhouid frequent- ly find them obliged to do that action we at firit fight condemn , in order to avoid ...
... still farther , and make it extend to most of their actions . If , on the one hand , we fair- ly weighed every circumftance , we fhouid frequent- ly find them obliged to do that action we at firit fight condemn , in order to avoid ...
Page 89
... still beginning ; efpecially when we confider , that our endeavours for making our- felves great , or rich , or honourable , or whatever elfe we place our happiness in , may after all prove un- fuccefsful ; whereas , if we conftantly ...
... still beginning ; efpecially when we confider , that our endeavours for making our- felves great , or rich , or honourable , or whatever elfe we place our happiness in , may after all prove un- fuccefsful ; whereas , if we conftantly ...
Page 139
... still some force in the worst of tempers , and a confiderable influence on the best . And , methinks , it is a fair step towards the proof of this , that the moft beneficent of all beings is He who hath an ab- folute fulness of ...
... still some force in the worst of tempers , and a confiderable influence on the best . And , methinks , it is a fair step towards the proof of this , that the moft beneficent of all beings is He who hath an ab- folute fulness of ...
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