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... pains have been well employed , and will deem himself amply rewarded . In some of the pieces , the Compiler has made a few alterations , chiefly verbal , to adapt them the better to the design of his work . OBSERVATIONS ON THE ...
... pains have been well employed , and will deem himself amply rewarded . In some of the pieces , the Compiler has made a few alterations , chiefly verbal , to adapt them the better to the design of his work . OBSERVATIONS ON THE ...
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... pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always neard with pain by his audience . Let us therefore give the voice full strength and swell of sound ; but always pitch it on our ordinary speaking key . It should be ...
... pain ; and whenever a person speaks with pain to himself , he is always neard with pain by his audience . Let us therefore give the voice full strength and swell of sound ; but always pitch it on our ordinary speaking key . It should be ...
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... pain and misery . " " I am persuaded , that neither death ' , nor life ' ; nor angels ' , nor principali- ties ' , nor powers ' ; nor things present ' , nor things to come ' ; nor height ' , nor depth ; nor any other creature ' , shall ...
... pain and misery . " " I am persuaded , that neither death ' , nor life ' ; nor angels ' , nor principali- ties ' , nor powers ' ; nor things present ' , nor things to come ' ; nor height ' , nor depth ; nor any other creature ' , shall ...
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... pain , in the condition of man . 15. Society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , di- versity of conditions , subordination of ranks , and a multiplicity of occupations , in order to advance the general good . 16. That ...
... pain , in the condition of man . 15. Society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , di- versity of conditions , subordination of ranks , and a multiplicity of occupations , in order to advance the general good . 16. That ...
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... pains and sorrows is universally ex- perienced , and almost universally confessed . But let us not at- tend only to mournful truths : if we look impartially about us , we shall find , that every day has likewise its pleasures and its ...
... pains and sorrows is universally ex- perienced , and almost universally confessed . But let us not at- tend only to mournful truths : if we look impartially about us , we shall find , that every day has likewise its pleasures and its ...
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