The Spectator. Volume the First. [-eighth.].J. and R. Tonson in the Strand., 1744 |
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Page 51
... Actions which Men are used to reckon wholly unaccountable ; for as nothing is pro- ⚫duced without a Caufe , fo by obferving the Nature ' and Course of the Paffions , we fhall be able to trace every Action from its first Conception to ...
... Actions which Men are used to reckon wholly unaccountable ; for as nothing is pro- ⚫duced without a Caufe , fo by obferving the Nature ' and Course of the Paffions , we fhall be able to trace every Action from its first Conception to ...
Page 197
... Actions as were at first Indifferent to us , but even such as were Painful , will by Cuftom and Practice become ... Action , in which the Choice of others , or his own Neceffities , may have engaged him . It may perhaps be very ...
... Actions as were at first Indifferent to us , but even such as were Painful , will by Cuftom and Practice become ... Action , in which the Choice of others , or his own Neceffities , may have engaged him . It may perhaps be very ...
Page 198
... Actions to which we are habituated , but with those Supernumerary Joys of Heart , that rife from the Con- fcioufnefs of fuch a Pleafure , from the Satisfaction of acting up to the Dictates of Reafon , and from the Pro- fpect of an happy ...
... Actions to which we are habituated , but with those Supernumerary Joys of Heart , that rife from the Con- fcioufnefs of fuch a Pleafure , from the Satisfaction of acting up to the Dictates of Reafon , and from the Pro- fpect of an happy ...
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