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" Here the heart softens, and vigilance subsides; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not... "
The midwife: or, The old woman's magazine - Page 65
by Midwife - 1750
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The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 3

1750 - 228 pages
...we may not, at leaft, turn " our eyes upon the gardens of pleafure. Weap" proach them with fcruple and hefitation ; we " enter them, but enter timorous...road of virtue, which we for a while " keep in our fight, and to which we propofe to " return. But temptation fucceeds temptation, " and one compliance...
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The Rambler. ...

Samuel Johnson - 1763 - 292 pages
...we may not, at leaft, turn our eyes upon " the gardens of pleafure. We approach them with " (cruple and hefitation ; we enter them, but enter " timorous...road of virtue, " which we, for a while, keep in our fight, and to " which we purpofe to return. But temptation fuc*« ceeds temptation, and one compliance...
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The Complete Letter-writer: Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common ...

1778 - 264 pages
...leaft, turn our eyes upon the gardens of Plea. fure. We approach them with fcruple and helitation; we enter them, but enter timorous and trembling, and always hope to pafs through them without lofmg the road of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our fight, and to which we propole to return....
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The Magdalen, or, history of the first penitent received into that ...

M. S. - 1780 - 232 pages
...pleafure. We •* approach them with fcruple and hefita** tion : we enter them, but enter timer**• ous and trembling, and always hope to " pafs through them...road of virtue, which we, for a while* " keep in our fights and to which we pur~ ** pofe to return. But temptation fuccccd* * temptation, and one compliance...
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The Rambler: In Four Volumes, Volume 2

Samuel Johnson - 1784 - 372 pages
...we may not, at leaft, turn our eyes " upon the gardens of pleafure. We approach " them with fcruple and hefitation ; we enter " them, but enter timorous...trembling, and " always hope to pafs through them without *' loftng the road of virtue, which we, for a " while, keep in our fight, and to which we pro" pofe...
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The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...eyes upon the gardens of pleafure. We approach " them with fcruple and hefitation ; we enter them, tc but enter timorous and trembling, and always " hope...road *' of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our " fight, and to which we propofe to return. But " temptation fucceeds temptation, and one com" pliance...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...we may not, at lead, turn our " eyes upon the gardens of pleafure. We approach " them with icn.ple and hefitation ; we enter them, " but enter timorous and trembling, and always " hove to pafs through them without lofing the road " of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our...
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The County Magazine, Volume 1

1788 - 404 pages
...eyes upon the gardens of pleafure. We approach them with fcruple and hefitation ; we enter them, bur enter timorous and trembling, and always hope to pafs...road of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our fight, and to which we propofe to return. But temptation fucceeds temptation, and one compliance prepares...
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The Complete Letter-writer; Or, Polite English Secretary ...

1789 - 276 pages
...whether we may not, at leaft, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleafure. We approach them with fcruple and hefitation ; we enter them, but enter timorous...road of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our fight, and to which we propofe to return. But temptation fucceeds temptation, and one compliance prepares...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...wtiethtr we may not, at leaft, turn our eyes upon the .gardens of pleafure. We approach them with fcruple and hefitation ; we enter them, but enter timorous and trembling, and always hope to pals through them w.ithout lofiug of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our to which we propole...
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