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Page 69
... mankind must be lost in empty wifhes and painful comparifons , were not the balm of philofo- phy fhed upon us , and our difcontent at the ap- pearances of an unequal diftribution foothed and appeased . It feemed , perhaps , below the ...
... mankind must be lost in empty wifhes and painful comparifons , were not the balm of philofo- phy fhed upon us , and our difcontent at the ap- pearances of an unequal diftribution foothed and appeased . It feemed , perhaps , below the ...
Page 125
... mankind to their inftructors , and the dif- couragement which men of genius and study fuffer from avarice and ignorance , from the prevalence of false tafte , and the encroachment of barbarity . Men are moft powerfully affected by thofe ...
... mankind to their inftructors , and the dif- couragement which men of genius and study fuffer from avarice and ignorance , from the prevalence of false tafte , and the encroachment of barbarity . Men are moft powerfully affected by thofe ...
Page 147
... mankind which Pro- vidence has , I think , univerfally displayed , by ma- king attainments eafy in proportion as they are ne- ceffary . That all the duties of morality ought to be practifed , is without difficulty.difcoverable , be ...
... mankind which Pro- vidence has , I think , univerfally displayed , by ma- king attainments eafy in proportion as they are ne- ceffary . That all the duties of morality ought to be practifed , is without difficulty.difcoverable , be ...
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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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