The IdlerJ. Buckland, 1787 |
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... human species . It has been found hard to defcribe man by an ade- quate definition . Some philofophers have called him a reasonable animal , but others have confidered reafon as a quality of which many creatures partake . He has been ...
... human species . It has been found hard to defcribe man by an ade- quate definition . Some philofophers have called him a reasonable animal , but others have confidered reafon as a quality of which many creatures partake . He has been ...
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... human being acknowledges and forgets . It is generally known , that he who expects much will be often difappointed ; yet difappointment feldom cures us of expectation , or has any other effect , than that of producing a moral fentence ...
... human being acknowledges and forgets . It is generally known , that he who expects much will be often difappointed ; yet difappointment feldom cures us of expectation , or has any other effect , than that of producing a moral fentence ...
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... human beings ought to behold the diftreffes of each other , to try fome ex- pedients for their relief , and to enquire by what me- thods the listless may be actuated , and the empty be replenished . There are faid to be pleasures in ...
... human beings ought to behold the diftreffes of each other , to try fome ex- pedients for their relief , and to enquire by what me- thods the listless may be actuated , and the empty be replenished . There are faid to be pleasures in ...
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... humanity has never rifen by its own power . The charity of the Mahometans is a precept which their teacher evi- dently tranfplanted from the doctrines of Chrifti- anity ; and the care with which fome of the oriental fects attend , as is ...
... humanity has never rifen by its own power . The charity of the Mahometans is a precept which their teacher evi- dently tranfplanted from the doctrines of Chrifti- anity ; and the care with which fome of the oriental fects attend , as is ...
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... human affairs , muft confefs , that I faw the troops march with little emotion ; my thoughts were fixed upon other scenes , and the tear ftole into my eyes , not for those who were going away , but for thofe who were left behind . We ...
... human affairs , muft confefs , that I faw the troops march with little emotion ; my thoughts were fixed upon other scenes , and the tear ftole into my eyes , not for those who were going away , but for thofe who were left behind . We ...
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