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... perhaps , imagined eafy to comply ; yet if thofe whom pro- fufion has buried in prifons , or driven into banish- ment , were examined , it would be found , that very few were ruined by their own choice , or purchased pleafure with the ...
... perhaps , imagined eafy to comply ; yet if thofe whom pro- fufion has buried in prifons , or driven into banish- ment , were examined , it would be found , that very few were ruined by their own choice , or purchased pleafure with the ...
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... perhaps he may be fometimes culpable for confining himfelf to bufinefs below his genius , and lofing , in petty fpeculations , those hours by which , if he had fpent them in nobler ftudies , he might have given new light to the in ...
... perhaps he may be fometimes culpable for confining himfelf to bufinefs below his genius , and lofing , in petty fpeculations , those hours by which , if he had fpent them in nobler ftudies , he might have given new light to the in ...
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... perhaps by the fame attractions , he is fometimes with - held from de- bauchery , or recalled from malice , from ambition , from envy , and from luft . I have always admired the wisdom of those by whom our female education was ...
... perhaps by the fame attractions , he is fometimes with - held from de- bauchery , or recalled from malice , from ambition , from envy , and from luft . I have always admired the wisdom of those by whom our female education was ...
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