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... thought infinuates itself , and haften to the company of those " whom you respect . Converfe not on fubjects which " lead to impure ideas . The perverfe ambition of arriving at the character of a man of spirit by vicious audacity , has ...
... thought infinuates itself , and haften to the company of those " whom you respect . Converfe not on fubjects which " lead to impure ideas . The perverfe ambition of arriving at the character of a man of spirit by vicious audacity , has ...
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... thoughts to fhew how amiable virtue is . We love a virtuous man , fays he , who lives in the remoteft parts of the earth , though we are altogether out of the reach of his virtue , and can receive from it no manner of benefit ; nay ...
... thoughts to fhew how amiable virtue is . We love a virtuous man , fays he , who lives in the remoteft parts of the earth , though we are altogether out of the reach of his virtue , and can receive from it no manner of benefit ; nay ...
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... to keep out melan- choly from the many ferious thoughts it is engaged in , and to hinder its natural hatred of vice from fouring into severity and cenforioufnefs . Remarks 15 Remarks on the Swiftness of Time . THE natural ( 14 )
... to keep out melan- choly from the many ferious thoughts it is engaged in , and to hinder its natural hatred of vice from fouring into severity and cenforioufnefs . Remarks 15 Remarks on the Swiftness of Time . THE natural ( 14 )
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... thought her accomplished above the children of all other men , but never thought fhe was come to the utmost im- provement of which fhe was capable . This fondness has had very happy effects upon his own happiness ; for the reads , the ...
... thought her accomplished above the children of all other men , but never thought fhe was come to the utmost im- provement of which fhe was capable . This fondness has had very happy effects upon his own happiness ; for the reads , the ...
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... thought , you may enfure cheerfulnefs for the rest of your life ; but by delivering yourfelves up at prefent to giddinefs and levity , you lay the foundation of laft- ing heaviness of heart . The The Virtue of Gentleness . ENTLENESS ...
... thought , you may enfure cheerfulnefs for the rest of your life ; but by delivering yourfelves up at prefent to giddinefs and levity , you lay the foundation of laft- ing heaviness of heart . The The Virtue of Gentleness . ENTLENESS ...
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