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fortune , is a mechanic being which has not good sense for its direction , but is carried on by a fort of acquired inftinct towards things below our confideration and un- worthy our esteem . It is poffible that the tranquillity I now ...
fortune , is a mechanic being which has not good sense for its direction , but is carried on by a fort of acquired inftinct towards things below our confideration and un- worthy our esteem . It is poffible that the tranquillity I now ...
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... sense of her 6c own torments . " But notwithstanding this natural love in brutes is much more violent and intenfe than in rational creatures , Providence has taken care that it fhould be no longer troublefome to the parent than it is ...
... sense of her 6c own torments . " But notwithstanding this natural love in brutes is much more violent and intenfe than in rational creatures , Providence has taken care that it fhould be no longer troublefome to the parent than it is ...
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... sense of themselves , and the infults they are guilty of towards me . I am , Sir , C " · Your moft humble fervant , C The Idol . This reprefentation is fo juft , that it is hard to fpeak of it without an indignation which perhaps would ...
... sense of themselves , and the infults they are guilty of towards me . I am , Sir , C " · Your moft humble fervant , C The Idol . This reprefentation is fo juft , that it is hard to fpeak of it without an indignation which perhaps would ...
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... sense think fit to relieve them , and give us their company in their ftead . You cannot imagine but that we love to hear reafon and good fenfe better than the ribaldry we are at present entertained with , but we must have com- pany ...
... sense think fit to relieve them , and give us their company in their ftead . You cannot imagine but that we love to hear reafon and good fenfe better than the ribaldry we are at present entertained with , but we must have com- pany ...
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