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... mind which is the health of the foul , and the na- tural effect of virtue and innocence . Chearfulness in an ill man deferves a harder name than language can furnish us with , and is many degrees beyond what we commonly call folly or ...
... mind which is the health of the foul , and the na- tural effect of virtue and innocence . Chearfulness in an ill man deferves a harder name than language can furnish us with , and is many degrees beyond what we commonly call folly or ...
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... mind ; may give us moderation in fuccefs , and fortitude under difap- pointment ; and may enable us fo to take warning from the crimes and mi- feries of others , as to escape the fnares of guilt . Blair . $ 102 . The Happiness of every ...
... mind ; may give us moderation in fuccefs , and fortitude under difap- pointment ; and may enable us fo to take warning from the crimes and mi- feries of others , as to escape the fnares of guilt . Blair . $ 102 . The Happiness of every ...
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... mind from the prejudices of ignorance ; and to give it jufter , and more enlarged concep- tions , than are the mere growth of rude nature . By reading , you add the ex- perience of others to your own . It is the improvement of the mind ...
... mind from the prejudices of ignorance ; and to give it jufter , and more enlarged concep- tions , than are the mere growth of rude nature . By reading , you add the ex- perience of others to your own . It is the improvement of the mind ...
Contents
Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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