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... look upon himself in this deplorable condition ! Why haft thou fet me as a mark against thee , fo that I am be- ⚫come a burden to myself ? ' But , third- ly , how happy is the condition of that intellectual being , who is fenfible of ...
... look upon himself in this deplorable condition ! Why haft thou fet me as a mark against thee , fo that I am be- ⚫come a burden to myself ? ' But , third- ly , how happy is the condition of that intellectual being , who is fenfible of ...
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... look down upon that degree of perfec- tion as much as fhe now falls fhort of it . It is true , the higher nature ftill advan- ces , and by that means preferves his diftance and fuperiority in the fcale of being ; but he knows that , how ...
... look down upon that degree of perfec- tion as much as fhe now falls fhort of it . It is true , the higher nature ftill advan- ces , and by that means preferves his diftance and fuperiority in the fcale of being ; but he knows that , how ...
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... looks no further than this world , and balances the accounts of his joys and fufferings from that con- fideration , finds all his forrows enlarg- ed , and at the close of them will be apt to look back , and caft the fame fad reflection ...
... looks no further than this world , and balances the accounts of his joys and fufferings from that con- fideration , finds all his forrows enlarg- ed , and at the close of them will be apt to look back , and caft the fame fad reflection ...
Contents
Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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