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Page 51
... actions which men are ufed to reckon wholly unaccountable ; for as nothing is pro duced without a caufe , fo by obferving the nature and courfe of the paffions , we fhall be able to trace every action from its first conception to its ...
... actions which men are ufed to reckon wholly unaccountable ; for as nothing is pro duced without a caufe , fo by obferving the nature and courfe of the paffions , we fhall be able to trace every action from its first conception to its ...
Page 197
... actions as were at first indifferent to us , but even fuch as were painful , will by custom and prac- tice become ... action , in which the choice of others , or his own neceffities , may have engaged him . It may perhaps be very ...
... actions as were at first indifferent to us , but even fuch as were painful , will by custom and prac- tice become ... action , in which the choice of others , or his own neceffities , may have engaged him . It may perhaps be very ...
Page 199
... actions to which it is accustomed , is to fhew how abso- lutely neceffary it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life , if we would enjoy the pleafures of the next . state of blifs we call Heaven will not be capable of affect ...
... actions to which it is accustomed , is to fhew how abso- lutely neceffary it is for us to gain habits of virtue in this life , if we would enjoy the pleafures of the next . state of blifs we call Heaven will not be capable of affect ...
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Æneid againſt agreeable appear arife beautiful becauſe beſt caufe confider confideration converfation defcription defign defire delight difcourfe difcover eafy entertainment eyes faid fame fancy fatire fatisfaction fecret feems feen felves fenfe feveral fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fight filk fince firft firſt fome fomething fometimes foul fpeculations fpirits ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffer fure give greateſt happineſs herſelf himſelf humble fervant humour imagination itſelf juft kind lady laft laſt lefs loft manner mind modefty moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary never obferved occafion Ovid paffed paffions paper perfons pleafing pleaſant pleaſed pleaſure poet prefent purpoſe racter raiſe reader reafon reflections reprefented rife ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſpeak SPECTATOR thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thouſand tion tural underſtanding uſe virtue whofe words writing