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Page 62
... also no fenfe of reproach ; and if that be extinguished , one of the princi- pal guards of virtue is removed , and the mind thrown open to many opprobrious purfuits . He whofe countenance never glowed with fhame , and whofe heart never ...
... also no fenfe of reproach ; and if that be extinguished , one of the princi- pal guards of virtue is removed , and the mind thrown open to many opprobrious purfuits . He whofe countenance never glowed with fhame , and whofe heart never ...
Page 129
... also , with great emphafis preffing his mafter's words , fays , " Above all things , my brethren , fwear not ; neither by hea . vea , neither by the earth , neither by 66 any other oath : but let your yea be yea , and your nay , nay ...
... also , with great emphafis preffing his mafter's words , fays , " Above all things , my brethren , fwear not ; neither by hea . vea , neither by the earth , neither by 66 any other oath : but let your yea be yea , and your nay , nay ...
Page 134
... also , that it cannot be retrieved . Nor is youth more the feafon to ac- quire knowledge , than to form religious habits . It is a great point to get ha- bit on the fide of virtue . It will make every thing fmooth and easy . The ear ...
... also , that it cannot be retrieved . Nor is youth more the feafon to ac- quire knowledge , than to form religious habits . It is a great point to get ha- bit on the fide of virtue . It will make every thing fmooth and easy . The ear ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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