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... lefs nourishing , they arrive at that term at leaft three years later . Our Author admits the truth of the obfervation , but conceives the Naturalift to be mistaken , in at- tributing to a phyfical fource what ought to be ascribed to a ...
... lefs nourishing , they arrive at that term at leaft three years later . Our Author admits the truth of the obfervation , but conceives the Naturalift to be mistaken , in at- tributing to a phyfical fource what ought to be ascribed to a ...
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... lefs , we do not fee the propriety of calling it in this place happiness at all . So that in any cafe , our Author's illuftration renders his propofition ob- fcure . What he meant to fay , we apprehend , to be to this effect ; The human ...
... lefs , we do not fee the propriety of calling it in this place happiness at all . So that in any cafe , our Author's illuftration renders his propofition ob- fcure . What he meant to fay , we apprehend , to be to this effect ; The human ...
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... 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 Jufferer . " We pity the ...
... 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 Jufferer . " We pity the ...
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... lefs upon the object , than the point of view in which it is recalled to his mind . By this management of our examples , leffons , and images , we fhall , for a long time , blunt the dangerous edge of inclination , and divert the ...
... lefs upon the object , than the point of view in which it is recalled to his mind . By this management of our examples , leffons , and images , we fhall , for a long time , blunt the dangerous edge of inclination , and divert the ...
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... lefs , a hill upon the right . or left , or a fudden cloud of duft , have turned the fcale of vic- tory , without the caufe being perceived ? nevertheless the Hif- torian will affign a reafon for the victory or defeat , with as much ...
... lefs , a hill upon the right . or left , or a fudden cloud of duft , have turned the fcale of vic- tory , without the caufe being perceived ? nevertheless the Hif- torian will affign a reafon for the victory or defeat , with as much ...
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