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... light of Nature and the experience of mankind , has concurred in establishing it as an unquestionable " truth , that the irregular or intemperate indulgence " of the paffions is always attended with pain in fome " mode or other , which ...
... light of Nature and the experience of mankind , has concurred in establishing it as an unquestionable " truth , that the irregular or intemperate indulgence " of the paffions is always attended with pain in fome " mode or other , which ...
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... , his knees trembled , and he was on the point of lying down in refignation to his fate , when he beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper . He advanced to- wards wards the light , and finding that it proceeded from ( 10 )
... , his knees trembled , and he was on the point of lying down in refignation to his fate , when he beheld through the brambles the glimmer of a taper . He advanced to- wards wards the light , and finding that it proceeded from ( 10 )
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... light , and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit , he called humbly at the door , and obtained admiffion . The old man fet before him fuch provifions as he had collected for himself , on which Obidah fed with eagerness ...
... light , and finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit , he called humbly at the door , and obtained admiffion . The old man fet before him fuch provifions as he had collected for himself , on which Obidah fed with eagerness ...
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... light , and therefore it is no wonder that it makes the beautiful fex all over charms . As virtue in general is of an amiable and lovely na- ture , there are fome particular kinds of it which are more fo than others , and these are such ...
... light , and therefore it is no wonder that it makes the beautiful fex all over charms . As virtue in general is of an amiable and lovely na- ture , there are fome particular kinds of it which are more fo than others , and these are such ...
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... light and heat , or imparted fertility and pleasure to fo great a part of a revolving sphere . It may be perhaps obferved by the moralift , with equal reason , that our globe feems particularly fitted for the refidence of a being ...
... light and heat , or imparted fertility and pleasure to fo great a part of a revolving sphere . It may be perhaps obferved by the moralift , with equal reason , that our globe feems particularly fitted for the refidence of a being ...
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