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nature , whether it arises from the body or the mind , whether it be founded in the
animal or rational part of our nature ; in a word , whether it be such as is intitled to
any other reward , besides that secret fatisfaction and contentment of mind ...
nature , whether it arises from the body or the mind , whether it be founded in the
animal or rational part of our nature ; in a word , whether it be such as is intitled to
any other reward , besides that secret fatisfaction and contentment of mind ...
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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 20 . Religentem ele oportet , religiofum nefas . Incerti
Auctoris apud AUL . GELL . A man should be religious , not superstitious . IT is of
the last importance to feafon the paffions a mind that has received an early
tincture ...
SATURDAY , OCTOBER 20 . Religentem ele oportet , religiofum nefas . Incerti
Auctoris apud AUL . GELL . A man should be religious , not superstitious . IT is of
the last importance to feafon the paffions a mind that has received an early
tincture ...
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But if there were no such considerations as the good effect which felf - denial has
upon the sense of other men towards us , it is of all qualities the most desirable
for the agreeable disposition in which it places our own minds . I cannot tell what
...
But if there were no such considerations as the good effect which felf - denial has
upon the sense of other men towards us , it is of all qualities the most desirable
for the agreeable disposition in which it places our own minds . I cannot tell what
...
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w All superiority and pre - eminence that one man can have over another , may .
be reduced to the notion of Quality , which , conäidered at large , is either that of
fortune , body , or mind . The first is that which consists in birth , title , or riches ...
w All superiority and pre - eminence that one man can have over another , may .
be reduced to the notion of Quality , which , conäidered at large , is either that of
fortune , body , or mind . The first is that which consists in birth , title , or riches ...
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Laughter , while it lasts , flackens and unbraces the mind , weakens the faculties ,
and caufes a kind of remiffness and diffolution in all the powers of the soul ; and
may be looked upon as a weak . ness in the composition of human nature .
Laughter , while it lasts , flackens and unbraces the mind , weakens the faculties ,
and caufes a kind of remiffness and diffolution in all the powers of the soul ; and
may be looked upon as a weak . ness in the composition of human nature .
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| Title | The Spectator, Volume 3 The Spectator, Sir Richard Steele |
| Contributors | Joseph Addison, Sir Richard Steele |
| Publisher | John Bell, 1776 |
| Original from | Lyon Public Library |
| Digitized | 20 Oct 2011 |
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