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... which 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 ) .
... which 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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... nature The siege of Calais 66 On betraying private conversation 72 The continence of Scipio Africanus 75 Liberty and slavery 77 On a classical education 79 On cruelty to inferior animals 81 86 The two bees On ambition 87 On the ...
... nature The siege of Calais 66 On betraying private conversation 72 The continence of Scipio Africanus 75 Liberty and slavery 77 On a classical education 79 On cruelty to inferior animals 81 86 The two bees On ambition 87 On the ...
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... virtuous . Furnish- ed with a natural fufceptibility , and free from any ac- quired impediment , the mind is then in the most fa- A vourable vourable ftate for the admiffion of inftruction , and for On the conduct of youth.
... virtuous . Furnish- ed with a natural fufceptibility , and free from any ac- quired impediment , the mind is then in the most fa- A vourable vourable ftate for the admiffion of inftruction , and for On the conduct of youth.
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... Nature for the accomplishment of her purposes ; but " conclude not , as many have done to their ruin , that " because they are violent , they are irresistible . The " fame Nature which gave you paffions , gave you alfo ❝reafon and a ...
... Nature for the accomplishment of her purposes ; but " conclude not , as many have done to their ruin , that " because they are violent , they are irresistible . The " fame Nature which gave you paffions , gave you alfo ❝reafon and a ...
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... nature , and incited by her discovery to implore grace and protection from the Lord of the universe . They , indeed , who fly from folitude , can feldom be religious ; for religion requires meditation . They may be faid to live without ...
... nature , and incited by her discovery to implore grace and protection from the Lord of the universe . They , indeed , who fly from folitude , can feldom be religious ; for religion requires meditation . They may be faid to live without ...
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