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Page 105
... turn- ed our whole attention on one event , which we could neither haften nor retard , and had no other object of curiosity , than the health or fickness of my aunts , of which we were careful to procure very exact and early ...
... turn- ed our whole attention on one event , which we could neither haften nor retard , and had no other object of curiosity , than the health or fickness of my aunts , of which we were careful to procure very exact and early ...
Page 123
... turn all his force of argument against a ftupid contempt of life , and rafh precipi- tation into unneceffary danger ... turning the attention whol- ly from himself , and keeping it fixed invariably on the oppofite fault ; and by fhewing ...
... turn all his force of argument against a ftupid contempt of life , and rafh precipi- tation into unneceffary danger ... turning the attention whol- ly from himself , and keeping it fixed invariably on the oppofite fault ; and by fhewing ...
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... turn away from it to trifles and amusements , without dejection of look , or inquietude of heart . It is , indeed , apparent from the conftitution of the world , that there must be a time for other thoughts ; and a perpetual meditation ...
... turn away from it to trifles and amusements , without dejection of look , or inquietude of heart . It is , indeed , apparent from the conftitution of the world , that there must be a time for other thoughts ; and a perpetual meditation ...
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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