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Page 14
... happier Paradise than that from which he fell . There is another objection against MILTON's fable , which is indeed almost the same with the former , though placed in a different light , namely , -That the hero in the Paradise Lost is ...
... happier Paradise than that from which he fell . There is another objection against MILTON's fable , which is indeed almost the same with the former , though placed in a different light , namely , -That the hero in the Paradise Lost is ...
Page 16
... happier it would be for man , if he did not feel his evil fortune before it comes to pass ; and suffer not only by its real weight , but by the apprehension of it . MILTON'S complaint ' ' s degressio Check No. 297 . THE SPECTATOR $ 0 ...
... happier it would be for man , if he did not feel his evil fortune before it comes to pass ; and suffer not only by its real weight , but by the apprehension of it . MILTON'S complaint ' ' s degressio Check No. 297 . THE SPECTATOR $ 0 ...
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... happy ; for I find not the least good effect from the just correction you some time since gave that too free , that looser part of our sex which spoils the men ; the same connivance at the vices , the same easy admittance of addresses ...
... happy ; for I find not the least good effect from the just correction you some time since gave that too free , that looser part of our sex which spoils the men ; the same connivance at the vices , the same easy admittance of addresses ...
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... happy genius for getting money , insomuch that by the age of five and twenty , I had scraped together four thousand two hundred pounds , five shillings , and a few odd pence . I then launched out into considerable business , and became ...
... happy genius for getting money , insomuch that by the age of five and twenty , I had scraped together four thousand two hundred pounds , five shillings , and a few odd pence . I then launched out into considerable business , and became ...
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... happy concurrence of both these excellencies in the same person , is a character too celestial to be frequently met with . Beauty is an over - weening self - sufficient thing , careless of providing itself any more substantial ornaments ...
... happy concurrence of both these excellencies in the same person , is a character too celestial to be frequently met with . Beauty is an over - weening self - sufficient thing , careless of providing itself any more substantial ornaments ...
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