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Page 143
... these nice limits be- tween extremes . Every man's cafe , in a thousand circumstances , differs from his neighbour's : and as no rule can be fixed for all , every man of course , in these difquifitions , must be left to his own ...
... these nice limits be- tween extremes . Every man's cafe , in a thousand circumstances , differs from his neighbour's : and as no rule can be fixed for all , every man of course , in these difquifitions , must be left to his own ...
Page 147
... These stedfaft purposes of leading a new life , " form a very becoming ex- ercife to chriftians . The lives even of the best of men afford only a mortify- ing retrofpect . Though they may have conquered fome of their worst propen ...
... These stedfaft purposes of leading a new life , " form a very becoming ex- ercife to chriftians . The lives even of the best of men afford only a mortify- ing retrofpect . Though they may have conquered fome of their worst propen ...
Page 148
... these external badges of religion , to keep the spirit of it more alive . And it is indeed pro- bable , that nothing has contributed more than these ceremonies to preserve a fenfe of religion among mankind . It is a melancholy proof of ...
... these external badges of religion , to keep the spirit of it more alive . And it is indeed pro- bable , that nothing has contributed more than these ceremonies to preserve a fenfe of religion among mankind . It is a melancholy proof of ...
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Diversity of Geniuses | 36 |
The Manners of a Bookfeller | 42 |
Epicuruss Character | 48 |
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