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... life . Temporal evils or felicities being regarded by heaven as things merely in themselves trifling and unworthy its care in the distribution , 163 167 x The equal dealings of providence demonstrated with regard to ( 19 ) Contents.
... life . Temporal evils or felicities being regarded by heaven as things merely in themselves trifling and unworthy its care in the distribution , 163 167 x The equal dealings of providence demonstrated with regard to ( 19 ) Contents.
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Oliver Goldsmith. " Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling , and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things , More trifling still than they . " And what is friendship but a name , A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that ...
Oliver Goldsmith. " Alas ! the joys that fortune brings Are trifling , and decay ; And those who prize the paltry things , More trifling still than they . " And what is friendship but a name , A charm that lulls to sleep ; A shade that ...
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... trifling , which , if I may so express it , often deceives us into instruction . Dry reasoning , and dull morality , have no force with the wild fantastic libertine . He must be met with smiles , and courted with the allurements of ...
... trifling , which , if I may so express it , often deceives us into instruction . Dry reasoning , and dull morality , have no force with the wild fantastic libertine . He must be met with smiles , and courted with the allurements of ...
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Fresh mortifications or a demonstration that | 80 |
The Family use art which is opposed with still | 91 |
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