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... our highest Interest Harris 144 III . The fame Subject Ibid . 146 IV . On the Immortality of the Soul Spectator 147 V. On the Being of a God Young 150 a : 4 BOOK BOOK V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . CHAP . Page I. CONTENTS . vii Juba and ...
... our highest Interest Harris 144 III . The fame Subject Ibid . 146 IV . On the Immortality of the Soul Spectator 147 V. On the Being of a God Young 150 a : 4 BOOK BOOK V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . CHAP . Page I. CONTENTS . vii Juba and ...
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... soul . He who tells a lie is not fenfible how great a task he un- dertakes : for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one .. SOME people will never learn any thing , for this reason , because they understand every ...
... soul . He who tells a lie is not fenfible how great a task he un- dertakes : for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one .. SOME people will never learn any thing , for this reason , because they understand every ...
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... Soul ; And one regards Itself , and one the Whole . Thus God and Nature link'd the genʼral frame , And bade Self - love and Social be the fame . POPE . СНАР . CHAP . XV . ON HAPPINESS . H HAPPINESS ! CHAP . XIV . 109 DIDACTIC PIECES .
... Soul ; And one regards Itself , and one the Whole . Thus God and Nature link'd the genʼral frame , And bade Self - love and Social be the fame . POPE . СНАР . CHAP . XV . ON HAPPINESS . H HAPPINESS ! CHAP . XIV . 109 DIDACTIC PIECES .
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... soul . But Fortune's gifts if each alike poffeft , And each were equal , must not all conteft ? If then to all men Happiness was meant , God in Externals could not place Content . Fortune her gifts may variously dispose , And these be ...
... soul . But Fortune's gifts if each alike poffeft , And each were equal , must not all conteft ? If then to all men Happiness was meant , God in Externals could not place Content . Fortune her gifts may variously dispose , And these be ...
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... Soul : To fhew the virtues in their faireft light ; To make Humanity the Minifter Of bounteous Providence ; and teach the breast That generous luxury the Gods enjoy . Thus , in his graver vein , the friendly Sage Sometimes declaim'd ...
... Soul : To fhew the virtues in their faireft light ; To make Humanity the Minifter Of bounteous Providence ; and teach the breast That generous luxury the Gods enjoy . Thus , in his graver vein , the friendly Sage Sometimes declaim'd ...
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