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... never to have an end , and for the other life as though it were never to have a beginning . Son , ' faid the hermit , let the errors and follies , the dangers and efcape of this day , fink deep into thy heart . Re- member , my fon ...
... never to have an end , and for the other life as though it were never to have a beginning . Son , ' faid the hermit , let the errors and follies , the dangers and efcape of this day , fink deep into thy heart . Re- member , my fon ...
Page 116
... never met with any thing against them of more authority than a fneer . Probable they certainly were ; and a bare probability , when nothing oppofes it , has its weight . But here the probability is ftrength- ened by no small degree of ...
... never met with any thing against them of more authority than a fneer . Probable they certainly were ; and a bare probability , when nothing oppofes it , has its weight . But here the probability is ftrength- ened by no small degree of ...
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... never rife beyond the brutal ap- petite . Happinefs would be cheaply attained , and we fhould never be uneafy , but when in actual diftrefs . But then our happiness would be poor and tastelefs ; and indeed the mere glimmering hope of ...
... never rife beyond the brutal ap- petite . Happinefs would be cheaply attained , and we fhould never be uneafy , but when in actual diftrefs . But then our happiness would be poor and tastelefs ; and indeed the mere glimmering hope of ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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