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... fuch be its natural and uncorrupted ten- dency ; but we conceive the Author hath here attributed one of the prudential maxims , founded on a knowlege of the world , to the fimple dictates of fentiment . This will appear fufficient- ly ...
... fuch be its natural and uncorrupted ten- dency ; but we conceive the Author hath here attributed one of the prudential maxims , founded on a knowlege of the world , to the fimple dictates of fentiment . This will appear fufficient- ly ...
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... fuch actions , and much lefs the fpring which influences . the heart , and actuates the paflions . 3d Maxim . Our pity for the misfortunes of others , is not mea- fured by the quantity of evil , but by the fuffofed fenfibility of the ...
... fuch actions , and much lefs the fpring which influences . the heart , and actuates the paflions . 3d Maxim . Our pity for the misfortunes of others , is not mea- fured by the quantity of evil , but by the fuffofed fenfibility of the ...
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... fuch pic- tures as are affecting , but modeft ; fuch as will nourish his fen-- fibility , without enflaming his defires . But let us not forget , that whilft we endeavour to avoid one extreme , there is a poffi- bility of falling into ...
... fuch pic- tures as are affecting , but modeft ; fuch as will nourish his fen-- fibility , without enflaming his defires . But let us not forget , that whilft we endeavour to avoid one extreme , there is a poffi- bility of falling into ...
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... fuch wretches , and we can no more be fecure from fuch an accident , than from the fall of a tile . A flap in the face , or the lie , received and endur- ed , will be attended with confequences to fociety , which no wifdom can prevent ...
... fuch wretches , and we can no more be fecure from fuch an accident , than from the fall of a tile . A flap in the face , or the lie , received and endur- ed , will be attended with confequences to fociety , which no wifdom can prevent ...
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... fuch a cafe , to avenge themfelves by aflaffination . But if they fhould neither fight nor feek fatisfaction by law , what other method is to be taken ? We must confefs , we cannot enter into our Au- thor's views , and wish he had ...
... fuch a cafe , to avenge themfelves by aflaffination . But if they fhould neither fight nor feek fatisfaction by law , what other method is to be taken ? We must confefs , we cannot enter into our Au- thor's views , and wish he had ...
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