Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects: essays, moral, political and literary, Band 1Bell & Bradfute, 1825 - 544 Seiten |
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... pleasures are much less frequent than great pains , so that a sensible temper must meet with fewer trials in the former way than in the latter . Not to mention , that men of such lively passions are apt to be transported beyond all ...
... pleasures are much less frequent than great pains , so that a sensible temper must meet with fewer trials in the former way than in the latter . Not to mention , that men of such lively passions are apt to be transported beyond all ...
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... pleasures and affairs , with the same frankness that they would to an- other ; and finding many who are fit to supply his place , they never feel any vacancy or want in his absence . But to make use of the allusion of a celebrated ...
... pleasures and affairs , with the same frankness that they would to an- other ; and finding many who are fit to supply his place , they never feel any vacancy or want in his absence . But to make use of the allusion of a celebrated ...
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... pleasure ; and , in prosecution of this principle , he openly acted in violation of liberty during the course of several years . Necessity , at last , con- strained him to call a parliament : The spirit of liberty arose and spread ...
... pleasure ; and , in prosecution of this principle , he openly acted in violation of liberty during the course of several years . Necessity , at last , con- strained him to call a parliament : The spirit of liberty arose and spread ...
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... pleasures , in our serious occupations : We ourselves are constrained , in a manner , to take party ; and living in a country of the highest liberty , every one may openly declare all his sen- timents and opinions : Yet are we at a loss ...
... pleasures , in our serious occupations : We ourselves are constrained , in a manner , to take party ; and living in a country of the highest liberty , every one may openly declare all his sen- timents and opinions : Yet are we at a loss ...
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... pleasures ? This , indeed , you justly observe , may proceed from their self - love , since the pro- sperity of their family and friends is one , or the chief , of their pleasures , as well as their chief honour . Be you al- so one of ...
... pleasures ? This , indeed , you justly observe , may proceed from their self - love , since the pro- sperity of their family and friends is one , or the chief , of their pleasures , as well as their chief honour . Be you al- so one of ...
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