The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volume 25 |
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... increase of misery , the hope which magnifies future good cannot be denied to be an accession of happiness . The most numerous class of those who presume to hope for miraculous advantages , is that of game- sters . But hy gamesters , I ...
... increase of misery , the hope which magnifies future good cannot be denied to be an accession of happiness . The most numerous class of those who presume to hope for miraculous advantages , is that of game- sters . But hy gamesters , I ...
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... increase the enjoy- ment which they were intended to supply ; he will , therefore , either doze away life in a kind of listless indolence , which he despairs to exalt into felicity , or he will imagine that the good he wants is to be ...
... increase the enjoy- ment which they were intended to supply ; he will , therefore , either doze away life in a kind of listless indolence , which he despairs to exalt into felicity , or he will imagine that the good he wants is to be ...
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... increase ; he pursued it with fresh alacrity , he exulted in his suc- cess , and the joy of his heart sparkled in his coun- tenance ; but it happened that Ned , in the midst of his happiness and prosperity , was prevailed upon to buy a ...
... increase ; he pursued it with fresh alacrity , he exulted in his suc- cess , and the joy of his heart sparkled in his coun- tenance ; but it happened that Ned , in the midst of his happiness and prosperity , was prevailed upon to buy a ...
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... increase the triumph of success , or animate insensibility to hap- piness , than is generally perceived . An ecclesiastical living of considerable value be- came vacant , and Evander obtained a recommenda- tion to the patron . His ...
... increase the triumph of success , or animate insensibility to hap- piness , than is generally perceived . An ecclesiastical living of considerable value be- came vacant , and Evander obtained a recommenda- tion to the patron . His ...
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... ; his danger was not known time enough to alarm his fear ; the value of his acquisition was not increased ; nor had Providence interposed farther " than to exclude chance from the government of the world 28 N96 . ADVENTURER .
... ; his danger was not known time enough to alarm his fear ; the value of his acquisition was not increased ; nor had Providence interposed farther " than to exclude chance from the government of the world 28 N96 . ADVENTURER .
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