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... mankind . The purfuit of this fpecies of know- ledge , which can only be gained by obfervation , is furely laudable , and not deferving the obloquy that has been caft on it . Do I , in my medical character , feel any malignity or hatred ...
... mankind . The purfuit of this fpecies of know- ledge , which can only be gained by obfervation , is furely laudable , and not deferving the obloquy that has been caft on it . Do I , in my medical character , feel any malignity or hatred ...
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... mankind , by retiring into Solitude , if it be not to avoid the contagion of those vices which they perceive fo prevalent in the world , and which are not observed by those who are in the habit of seeing them daily indulged without ...
... mankind , by retiring into Solitude , if it be not to avoid the contagion of those vices which they perceive fo prevalent in the world , and which are not observed by those who are in the habit of seeing them daily indulged without ...
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... mankind . Perhaps , though " virtue may appear , at firft fight , to contract the " bounds of enjoyment , you will find , upon re- " flection , that , in truth , it enlarges them : if it " reftrain the excess of fome pleasures , it ...
... mankind . Perhaps , though " virtue may appear , at firft fight , to contract the " bounds of enjoyment , you will find , upon re- " flection , that , in truth , it enlarges them : if it " reftrain the excess of fome pleasures , it ...
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affemblies afford againſt almoſt amidſt Avignon beauties becauſe bofom cauſe celebrated character charms CHIG CICERO defires delight diffipation difpofition diſcovered eaſe enjoy enjoyment exiſtence fafe faid fame fatire fays feek feel feem felicity fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhades filent firſt fituation fociety folitary fome foon forrow foul frequently friends friendſhip ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuperior fure furrounded greateſt greatneſs happineſs happy heart higheſt himſelf houſe human increaſe inſpired intereft itſelf lefs leifure live mankind ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary noble obfervation object occafionally ourſelves paffion paſs perfon PETRARCH philofopher pleaſe pleaſures PLUTARCH poffefs praiſe prefent purſued purſuit racters raiſe reaſon refidence refignation render repoſe reſpect retirement rural ſcene ſenſe ſhe ſhould Solitude ſpirit ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch Swifferland taſte themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tranquillity truth underſtanding UNIV uſeful vifit virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſh