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But I shall , in this paper , confine myself to that particular passion which goes by the name of hope . Our actual enjoyments are fo few and transient , that man would be a very miserable Being , were he not endowed with this paffion ...
But I shall , in this paper , confine myself to that particular passion which goes by the name of hope . Our actual enjoyments are fo few and transient , that man would be a very miserable Being , were he not endowed with this paffion ...
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Hope , who had been inclosed in the cup with so much bad company , instead of Aying off with the rest , stuck fo clofe to the lid of it , that it was fhut down upon her . I shall make but two reflections upon what I have hitherto said .
Hope , who had been inclosed in the cup with so much bad company , instead of Aying off with the rest , stuck fo clofe to the lid of it , that it was fhut down upon her . I shall make but two reflections upon what I have hitherto said .
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I shall conclude this essay with those emphatical expreffions of a lively hope , which the Pfalmift made use of in the midst of those dangers and adversities which surrounded him ; for the following paffage had its present and personal ...
I shall conclude this essay with those emphatical expreffions of a lively hope , which the Pfalmift made use of in the midst of those dangers and adversities which surrounded him ; for the following paffage had its present and personal ...
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 6 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | J. and R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750 |
| Original from | University of California Irvine |
| Digitized | 18 Nov 2016 |
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