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... character , considered only with respect to interest Good - natured credulity 236 239 History of the Empress Catherina 241 On impudence and modesty 246 Filial affection 250 On the folly and wickedness of war 258 On the beauty and ...
... character , considered only with respect to interest Good - natured credulity 236 239 History of the Empress Catherina 241 On impudence and modesty 246 Filial affection 250 On the folly and wickedness of war 258 On the beauty and ...
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... character of a man of spirit by vicious audacity , has of late " univerfally prevailed , and has ruined the greater part " of the British youth . I have known many young ❝ men " men proud of the impurest of diftempers , and ( 2 )
... character of a man of spirit by vicious audacity , has of late " univerfally prevailed , and has ruined the greater part " of the British youth . I have known many young ❝ men " men proud of the impurest of diftempers , and ( 2 )
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... character of gay libertines , than to ac- " quire , by useful qualities , the efteem of the good . " From motives of vanity , health and peace are sacri- " ficed , fortunes lavished without credit or enjoyment , " every relative and ...
... character of gay libertines , than to ac- " quire , by useful qualities , the efteem of the good . " From motives of vanity , health and peace are sacri- " ficed , fortunes lavished without credit or enjoyment , " every relative and ...
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... character . You will infallibly be attacked with it , " if you be in any refpect fingular ; and fingular in " many refpects you must be , if you be eminently vir- $ tuous . " With all your good qualities , unite the humility " of a ...
... character . You will infallibly be attacked with it , " if you be in any refpect fingular ; and fingular in " many refpects you must be , if you be eminently vir- $ tuous . " With all your good qualities , unite the humility " of a ...
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... character , refpectable both for their morals and their understandings . Mixed and undiftinguished society tends only to diffipate our ideas , and induce a laxity of principles and practice . The pleasure it affords is of a coarse ...
... character , refpectable both for their morals and their understandings . Mixed and undiftinguished society tends only to diffipate our ideas , and induce a laxity of principles and practice . The pleasure it affords is of a coarse ...
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