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... spring from our passions . Every age , and every station they beset ; from youth to gray hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to criminal deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained ...
... spring from our passions . Every age , and every station they beset ; from youth to gray hairs , and from the peasant to the prince . Riches and pleasures are the chief temptations to criminal deeds . Yet those riches , when obtained ...
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... springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the gratitude of those whom he obliges , by the ...
... springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the gratitude of those whom he obliges , by the ...
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... spring up among many whom we consider as reprobates . No one ought to consider himself as insignificant in the signt of his Creator . In our several statior , we are all sens : forth to be labourers in the vineyard of our 24 PART 11 ...
... spring up among many whom we consider as reprobates . No one ought to consider himself as insignificant in the signt of his Creator . In our several statior , we are all sens : forth to be labourers in the vineyard of our 24 PART 11 ...
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... spring ; all his senses were gratified , and all care was banish- ed from his heart . 3 Thus he went on , till the sun approached his meridian , and the increasing heat preyed upon his strength ; he then looked round about him for some ...
... spring ; all his senses were gratified , and all care was banish- ed from his heart . 3 Thus he went on , till the sun approached his meridian , and the increasing heat preyed upon his strength ; he then looked round about him for some ...
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... spring of certain misery to the person who indulges it . His friends will be few ; and Be- small will be his comfort in those whom he possesses . lieving others to be his enemies , he will of course make them such . Let his caution be ...
... spring of certain misery to the person who indulges it . His friends will be few ; and Be- small will be his comfort in those whom he possesses . lieving others to be his enemies , he will of course make them such . Let his caution be ...
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