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Page 70
... paffions of little minds , act- ing in low stations , do not fill the world with blood- fhed and devaftations , or mark , by great events , the periods of time , yet they torture the breaft on which they seize , infest thofe that are ...
... paffions of little minds , act- ing in low stations , do not fill the world with blood- fhed and devaftations , or mark , by great events , the periods of time , yet they torture the breaft on which they seize , infest thofe that are ...
Page 146
... paffions of envy and avarice , and often lead to fraud and to profufion , to corruption and to ruin . It is unworthy of a reasonable being to fpend any of the little time al- lotted us , without fome tendency , either direct or oblique ...
... paffions of envy and avarice , and often lead to fraud and to profufion , to corruption and to ruin . It is unworthy of a reasonable being to fpend any of the little time al- lotted us , without fome tendency , either direct or oblique ...
Page 242
... paffions , but , like other feeble commanders , was obliged often to receive faw from her allies . Her motions were fudden , irregular , and violent ; for he had no fteadiness nor conftancy . She often gained conquests by hafty ...
... paffions , but , like other feeble commanders , was obliged often to receive faw from her allies . Her motions were fudden , irregular , and violent ; for he had no fteadiness nor conftancy . She often gained conquests by hafty ...
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