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able to difquiet the foul , and vex it in all its faculties . He can hinder any of the greatest comforts of life from re- freshing us , and give an edge to every one of its flighteft calamities . Who then can bear the thought of being ...
able to difquiet the foul , and vex it in all its faculties . He can hinder any of the greatest comforts of life from re- freshing us , and give an edge to every one of its flighteft calamities . Who then can bear the thought of being ...
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... able to affert the cause of liberty , in an age when the Chriftian world was ener- vated by luxury or fuperftition ; and to fuch men we owe that freedom and hap- py conftitution which we at prefent en- joy . But thefe advantages of ...
... able to affert the cause of liberty , in an age when the Chriftian world was ener- vated by luxury or fuperftition ; and to fuch men we owe that freedom and hap- py conftitution which we at prefent en- joy . But thefe advantages of ...
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... able Sophift , but never an able Critic . A word more I would advife a young Critic , in his contemplations , to turn his eye rather to the praife - worthy than the blameable ; that is , to invefti- gate the caufes of praise , rather ...
... able Sophift , but never an able Critic . A word more I would advife a young Critic , in his contemplations , to turn his eye rather to the praife - worthy than the blameable ; that is , to invefti- gate the caufes of praise , rather ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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