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Page 120
... state . SINECA has attempted not only to pacify us in misfortune , but almoft to allure us to it , by reprefenting it as neceffary to the plea- fures of the mind . He that never was ac- quainted with adverfity , fays he , has feen the ...
... state . SINECA has attempted not only to pacify us in misfortune , but almoft to allure us to it , by reprefenting it as neceffary to the plea- fures of the mind . He that never was ac- quainted with adverfity , fays he , has feen the ...
Page 183
... state of natural knowledge , and engaged me by an appearance of doubt and oppofition in the explication and defence of the Newtonian philofophy . THE Consciousness of my own abilities roused me from my depreffion , and long fa ...
... state of natural knowledge , and engaged me by an appearance of doubt and oppofition in the explication and defence of the Newtonian philofophy . THE Consciousness of my own abilities roused me from my depreffion , and long fa ...
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... state fo imperfect , that they could not forbear to wonder at its prefent excellence ; fome had converfed with the author at the coffee - houfe ; and others gave hints that they had lent him money . I KNEW that no performance is fo ...
... state fo imperfect , that they could not forbear to wonder at its prefent excellence ; fome had converfed with the author at the coffee - houfe ; and others gave hints that they had lent him money . I KNEW that no performance is fo ...
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The danger of attempting wit in converfation | 24 |
An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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