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... virtue , nor can I think any man more worthy of veneration and re- than those who have burft the fhac- kles of habitual vice . This victory is more beroick as the objects of guilty gratification are more familiar , and the recurrence of ...
... virtue , nor can I think any man more worthy of veneration and re- than those who have burft the fhac- kles of habitual vice . This victory is more beroick as the objects of guilty gratification are more familiar , and the recurrence of ...
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... virtue . By frequency of admonition , and confidence of affertion , he prevailed up- on me to believe , that at my first entrance into the world , the fplendor of literature would be fufficient to attract reverence , if it was not ...
... virtue . By frequency of admonition , and confidence of affertion , he prevailed up- on me to believe , that at my first entrance into the world , the fplendor of literature would be fufficient to attract reverence , if it was not ...
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... virtue cannot attain . That impartiality with which we endeavoured to infpect the man- ners of all whom we have ... virtues , we must find different opinions and oppofite inclinations . WE however flatter ourfelves , for who is not ...
... virtue cannot attain . That impartiality with which we endeavoured to infpect the man- ners of all whom we have ... virtues , we must find different opinions and oppofite inclinations . WE however flatter ourfelves , for who is not ...
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An account of fquire Blufter | 32 |
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affiftance againſt antient antiquated journals bankrupcy becauſe bufy buſineſs cenfured confidered contempt converfation curiofity defign defire diftant diſcover eafily encreaſe endeavour enquiry equally eſcape expreffion eyes fafely fame favour fcarcely fcience fecure feems feen feldom felf fentiments fhall fhort fhould fince fingle firft firſt folicit fome fometimes foon forrow fortune ftand ftate ftrength ftudy fubject fuccefs fuch fuffer fufficient fuperiority fupply fuppofe fupport furely genius happineſs himſelf honour hope houſe infolence inftruction infult intereft itſelf juft kindneſs labour laft laſt learning lefs loft mankind ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neceffity nefs never NUMB obfcurity obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffions pleafing pleaſe pleaſure praife praiſe preſent profeffions publick pupillage purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon reaſon refolved reft Samfon ſee ſhall ſhe ſtate tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thought THRASYBULUS tion underſtand uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe writer