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... soul is rendered the receptacle of many repug- nant and jarring dispositions ; and resembles some barbarous country , cantoned out into different principalities , which are continually waging war on one another . Diseases , poverty ...
... soul is rendered the receptacle of many repug- nant and jarring dispositions ; and resembles some barbarous country , cantoned out into different principalities , which are continually waging war on one another . Diseases , poverty ...
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... soul . SECTION X. WHENCE arises the misery of this present world ? It is not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , our changing seasons , and inclement skies . It is not owing to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal distribution of ...
... soul . SECTION X. WHENCE arises the misery of this present world ? It is not owing to our cloudy atmosphere , our changing seasons , and inclement skies . It is not owing to the debility of our bodies , or to the unequal distribution of ...
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... soul is weary of life , " it becomes a wise and a good man , in the evil day , with firmness to maintain his post : to bear up against the storm ; to have recourse to those advantages which , in the worst of times , are always left to ...
... soul is weary of life , " it becomes a wise and a good man , in the evil day , with firmness to maintain his post : to bear up against the storm ; to have recourse to those advantages which , in the worst of times , are always left to ...
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... soul of Hazael abhorred , at this time , the thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as yet , by ambition or greatness , his indignation rose at being thought capable of the savage actions which the prophet had mentioned ; and , with much ...
... soul of Hazael abhorred , at this time , the thoughts of cruelty . Uncorrupted , as yet , by ambition or greatness , his indignation rose at being thought capable of the savage actions which the prophet had mentioned ; and , with much ...
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... soul was shaken with a storm of passion . Wrath , pride , and desire of revenge , rose into fury . With difficulty he restrained himself in public ; but as soon as he came to his own house , he was forced to disclose the agony of his ...
... soul was shaken with a storm of passion . Wrath , pride , and desire of revenge , rose into fury . With difficulty he restrained himself in public ; but as soon as he came to his own house , he was forced to disclose the agony of his ...
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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