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... Human nature I always thought the most useful object of human rea- fon , and to make the confideration of it pleafant and enter- entertaining , I always thought the beft employment of human 50 N ° 408 THE SPECTATOR .
... Human nature I always thought the most useful object of human rea- fon , and to make the confideration of it pleafant and enter- entertaining , I always thought the beft employment of human 50 N ° 408 THE SPECTATOR .
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... human nature for the object of his thoughts ; an inquiry into which as much exceeds all other learning , as it is of more confequence to adjust the true nature and measures of right and wrong , than to fettle the diftance of the planets ...
... human nature for the object of his thoughts ; an inquiry into which as much exceeds all other learning , as it is of more confequence to adjust the true nature and measures of right and wrong , than to fettle the diftance of the planets ...
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... human conditions , the cafe of bankruptcy ; how plenty , credit , chearfulness , full hopes , and eafy poffeffions , are in an instant turned into penury , faint afpects , diffidence ,. forrow , and mifery ; how the man , who with an ...
... human conditions , the cafe of bankruptcy ; how plenty , credit , chearfulness , full hopes , and eafy poffeffions , are in an instant turned into penury , faint afpects , diffidence ,. forrow , and mifery ; how the man , who with an ...
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