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... vice , as well as to animate them with sentiments of piety and goodness . Such impressions deeply engraven on their minds , and connected with all their attainments , could scarcely fail of attending them through life , and of producing ...
... vice , as well as to animate them with sentiments of piety and goodness . Such impressions deeply engraven on their minds , and connected with all their attainments , could scarcely fail of attending them through life , and of producing ...
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... rising inflection is denoted by the acute ; the falling , by the grave accent Though they may often coincide , they are , in 10 INTRODUCTION . The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue, Schemes of life often illusory,
... rising inflection is denoted by the acute ; the falling , by the grave accent Though they may often coincide , they are , in 10 INTRODUCTION . The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue, Schemes of life often illusory,
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... Vice is infamous , though in a prince ; and virtue honourable , though in a peasant . An elevated genius , employed in little things , appears ( to use the similie of Longinus ) like the sun in his evening de- clination : he remits his ...
... Vice is infamous , though in a prince ; and virtue honourable , though in a peasant . An elevated genius , employed in little things , appears ( to use the similie of Longinus ) like the sun in his evening de- clination : he remits his ...
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... vice . The irregular gratifica- tions into which it occasionally seduces him , appear under the form of venial weaknesses ; and are indulged in the be- ginning , with scrupulousness and reserve . But , by longer practice these ...
... vice . The irregular gratifica- tions into which it occasionally seduces him , appear under the form of venial weaknesses ; and are indulged in the be- ginning , with scrupulousness and reserve . But , by longer practice these ...
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... vice , when one guilty passion creates so much torment ! how unavailing is prosperity , when in the eight of it , a single disappointment can destroy the relish of all its pleasures ! how weak is human nature , which , in the absence of ...
... vice , when one guilty passion creates so much torment ! how unavailing is prosperity , when in the eight of it , a single disappointment can destroy the relish of all its pleasures ! how weak is human nature , which , in the absence of ...
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