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Page 78
... effect , and all the fa- vours of fortune , muft concur to place excellence in publick view ; but fortitude , diligence , and pa- tience , divefted of their fhow , glide unobferved through the crowd of life , and fuffer and act , tho ...
... effect , and all the fa- vours of fortune , muft concur to place excellence in publick view ; but fortitude , diligence , and pa- tience , divefted of their fhow , glide unobferved through the crowd of life , and fuffer and act , tho ...
Page 135
... effect than that of adding a new topick to the converfation of the day . They imprefs none with any fresh conviction of the fra gility of our nature , because none had any parti- cular intereft in their lives , or was united to them by ...
... effect than that of adding a new topick to the converfation of the day . They imprefs none with any fresh conviction of the fra gility of our nature , because none had any parti- cular intereft in their lives , or was united to them by ...
Page 280
... effect but of raising expectation ; the gratification of one defire encourages another ; and after all our la- bours , ftudies , and enquiries , we are continually at the fame diftance from the completion of our fchemes , have ftill ...
... effect but of raising expectation ; the gratification of one defire encourages another ; and after all our la- bours , ftudies , and enquiries , we are continually at the fame diftance from the completion of our fchemes , have ftill ...
Contents
A deathbed the true fchool of wiſdom The effects | 54 |
The dignity and uſefulneſs of biography | 60 |
Paffion not to be eradicated | 66 |
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