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... adorn and ennoble human nature , may surely escape censure , even if the slightness of the means he adopts do not entitle him to any high de- gree of general approbation . INDEX . PAGE On the conduct of youth On an. ( iv ) .
... adorn and ennoble human nature , may surely escape censure , even if the slightness of the means he adopts do not entitle him to any high de- gree of general approbation . INDEX . PAGE On the conduct of youth On an. ( iv ) .
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... means or inclina- ❝tion for play . Old age rapidly advances . When ❝ vanity at length retreats from infult and from morti- " fication , avarice fucceeds ; and meanness , and disease , " and difgrace , and poverty , and discontent ...
... means or inclina- ❝tion for play . Old age rapidly advances . When ❝ vanity at length retreats from infult and from morti- " fication , avarice fucceeds ; and meanness , and disease , " and difgrace , and poverty , and discontent ...
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... mean only occafional folitude . There is no doubt but man is made for action , and that his duties and pleasures are often moft numerous and moft im- portant amidst the " bufy hum of men . " Many vices , and many corrupt difpofitions ...
... mean only occafional folitude . There is no doubt but man is made for action , and that his duties and pleasures are often moft numerous and moft im- portant amidst the " bufy hum of men . " Many vices , and many corrupt difpofitions ...
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... means to unite pleasure with bufinefs , and to gain the rewards of diligence , without fuffering its fatigues . He , there- fore , ftill continued to walk for a time , without the least remiffion of his ardour , except that he was fome ...
... means to unite pleasure with bufinefs , and to gain the rewards of diligence , without fuffering its fatigues . He , there- fore , ftill continued to walk for a time , without the least remiffion of his ardour , except that he was fome ...
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... means of obtaining the fame end . We then relax our vigour , and refolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a diftance , but rely upon our own constancy , and venture to approach what we refolve never to touch . We thus enter the ...
... means of obtaining the fame end . We then relax our vigour , and refolve no longer to be terrified with crimes at a diftance , but rely upon our own constancy , and venture to approach what we refolve never to touch . We thus enter the ...
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