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... folly of devoting the heart to the accumulation of riches . They who are acquaint- ed with thefe authors need not be told how riches incite pity , contempt , or reproach , whenever they are mentioned ; with what numbers of examples the ...
... folly of devoting the heart to the accumulation of riches . They who are acquaint- ed with thefe authors need not be told how riches incite pity , contempt , or reproach , whenever they are mentioned ; with what numbers of examples the ...
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... folly ; he now faw how happiness is loft when eafe is confulted ; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompt- ed him to feek fhelter in the grove , and defpifed the petty curiofity that led him on from trifle to trifle . While he ...
... folly ; he now faw how happiness is loft when eafe is confulted ; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompt- ed him to feek fhelter in the grove , and defpifed the petty curiofity that led him on from trifle to trifle . While he ...
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... folly of voluntary fubmiflion to those whom nature has levelled with ourfelves . I knew the defects of every fcheme of govern- ment , and the inconveniencies of every law . I fometimes fhewed how much the condition of man- kind would be ...
... folly of voluntary fubmiflion to those whom nature has levelled with ourfelves . I knew the defects of every fcheme of govern- ment , and the inconveniencies of every law . I fometimes fhewed how much the condition of man- kind would be ...
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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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affiftance againſt amufements becauſe buſineſs caufe cenfure confefs confequence confidered converfation curiofity deferve defign defire diſcover eafily eafy eaſe endeavour equally eſtabliſhed fafely fame favour fcarcely fecond fecurity feems feldom felves fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle fink firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon forrow fortune ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpect fuperiority furely fyllables greateſt happineſs himſelf hope inclined increaſe intereft itſelf kindneſs labour laft laſt leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neral never numbers obferved occafion oppofition ourſelves OVID paffages paffed paffions pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent purchaſe purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft reſt rife ſhe ſtate ſtudy tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion TRUTH underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wifh