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Page 76
... virtue , which ought to be our first and principal care , was more usually acquired in the former . ' I intend therefore , in this letter , to offer at methods , by which I conceive boys might be made to improve in virtue as they ...
... virtue , which ought to be our first and principal care , was more usually acquired in the former . ' I intend therefore , in this letter , to offer at methods , by which I conceive boys might be made to improve in virtue as they ...
Page 156
... virtue on all occasions ; she professes she is what no body ought to doubt she is ; and betrays the labour she is put to , to be what she ought to be with cheerfulness and alacrity . She lives in the world , and denies her- self none of ...
... virtue on all occasions ; she professes she is what no body ought to doubt she is ; and betrays the labour she is put to , to be what she ought to be with cheerfulness and alacrity . She lives in the world , and denies her- self none of ...
Page 291
... virtue in the world . Every man is ready to give in a long catalogue of those virtues and good qualities he expects to find in the person of a friend ; but very few of us are care- ful to cultivate them in ourselves . Love and esteem ...
... virtue in the world . Every man is ready to give in a long catalogue of those virtues and good qualities he expects to find in the person of a friend ; but very few of us are care- ful to cultivate them in ourselves . Love and esteem ...
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