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... heart . There are , however , great numbers who have little recourse to the refinements of speculation , but who yet live at peace with themselves , by means which require less understanding or less attention . When their hearts are ...
... heart . There are , however , great numbers who have little recourse to the refinements of speculation , but who yet live at peace with themselves , by means which require less understanding or less attention . When their hearts are ...
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... hearts that the time of trifling is past . A perpetual conflict with natural desires seems to be the lot of our ... heart is vacant to every fresh form of delight , and has no rival engagements to withdraw it from the importunities ...
... hearts that the time of trifling is past . A perpetual conflict with natural desires seems to be the lot of our ... heart is vacant to every fresh form of delight , and has no rival engagements to withdraw it from the importunities ...
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... heart . " This was naturally to be expected , and this I began to experience . But when I was no longer agi- tated by the perpetual ardour of resistance and effort of perseverance , I found more sensibly the want of those entertainments ...
... heart . " This was naturally to be expected , and this I began to experience . But when I was no longer agi- tated by the perpetual ardour of resistance and effort of perseverance , I found more sensibly the want of those entertainments ...
Contents
Peevishness equally wretched and offensivethe Character of Tetrica | 74 |
The World never known but by a Change of Fortune the History of Melissa | 75 |
The Arts by which bad Men are reconciled to them selves | 76 |
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