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Page 127
... same im- port with thofe of the apostle , " Set your affections on things above , and not on things on the earth . " Gilpin . § 127. Worship and Honour of God . Our next duty to God , is , to wor- fhip him , to give him thanks , to put ...
... same im- port with thofe of the apostle , " Set your affections on things above , and not on things on the earth . " Gilpin . § 127. Worship and Honour of God . Our next duty to God , is , to wor- fhip him , to give him thanks , to put ...
Page 204
... same time this cannot but be admitted , that the exercife of taste is , in its native tenden- cy , moral and purifying . From read- ing the most admired productions of ge- nius , whether in poetry or profe , almost every one rifes with ...
... same time this cannot but be admitted , that the exercife of taste is , in its native tenden- cy , moral and purifying . From read- ing the most admired productions of ge- nius , whether in poetry or profe , almost every one rifes with ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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