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... interests . Forsake him not in danger . Abhor the thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and insolent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and ...
... interests . Forsake him not in danger . Abhor the thought of acquiring any advantage by his prejudice . Man , always prosperous , would be giddy and insolent ; always afflicted , would be sullen or despondent . Hopes and fears , joy and ...
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... interest , or honour , swells into a mo- mentous object ; and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin . 4 But after passion or pride has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabric ...
... interest , or honour , swells into a mo- mentous object ; and the slightest attack seems to threaten immediate ruin . 4 But after passion or pride has subsided , we look around in vain for the mighty mischiefs we dreaded . The fabric ...
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... interests of the present world . He looks back on the past , and provides for the future . 9 He catches and arrests the hours as they fly . They are marked down for useful purposes , and their memory re- mains . Whereas those hours ...
... interests of the present world . He looks back on the past , and provides for the future . 9 He catches and arrests the hours as they fly . They are marked down for useful purposes , and their memory re- mains . Whereas those hours ...
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... interest , and covetousness upon vanity . Self- denial , therefore , belongs , in common , to vice and virtue ; but with this remarkable difference , that the passions which virtue requires us to mortify , it tends to weaken CHAP . III ...
... interest , and covetousness upon vanity . Self- denial , therefore , belongs , in common , to vice and virtue ; but with this remarkable difference , that the passions which virtue requires us to mortify , it tends to weaken CHAP . III ...
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... Interest as well as Duty THE wide circle of human society is diversified by an endless variety of characters , dispositions , and passions . Uniformity is , in no respect , the genius of the world . Every man is marked by some ...
... Interest as well as Duty THE wide circle of human society is diversified by an endless variety of characters , dispositions , and passions . Uniformity is , in no respect , the genius of the world . Every man is marked by some ...
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Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing bliss breast Caius Verres cheerful dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil eyes father favour fear feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus give ground hand happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n HERACLITUS honour hope human indulge Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery mount Etna nature nature's never night noble Numidia o'er pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfect person pleasures possession pow'r praise pride prince proper Pythias racter religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION sense shade shine Sicily smiles solitude sorrow soul sound spect spirit spring sweet tears temper tempest thee things thou art thought tion truth Tuning sweet vanity virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise youth