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... ment . When Baxter had loft a thousand pounds , which he had laid up for the erection of a school , he used frequently to mention the misfortune as an incite- ment to be charitable while GOD gives the power of bestowing , and confidered ...
... ment . When Baxter had loft a thousand pounds , which he had laid up for the erection of a school , he used frequently to mention the misfortune as an incite- ment to be charitable while GOD gives the power of bestowing , and confidered ...
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... ment to his own and that of his companions , who are always ready to clamour in the common cause , and elate each other with reciprocal applause . HOPE was a steady friend to the disappointed , and IMPUDENCE incited them to accept a ...
... ment to his own and that of his companions , who are always ready to clamour in the common cause , and elate each other with reciprocal applause . HOPE was a steady friend to the disappointed , and IMPUDENCE incited them to accept a ...
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... ment of a single art , or the establishment of a con- troverted doctrine , but equally intends the advan - ` ` tage , and equally courts the perufal of all the claffes of mankind , nothing can justly feem un- worthy of regard , by which ...
... ment of a single art , or the establishment of a con- troverted doctrine , but equally intends the advan - ` ` tage , and equally courts the perufal of all the claffes of mankind , nothing can justly feem un- worthy of regard , by which ...
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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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