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... greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them . If we hope for what we are not likely to possess , we act and think in vain , and make life of a greater dream and shadow than it really is . Many of the miseries and misfortunes of ...
... greater than our pleasure in the fruition of them . If we hope for what we are not likely to possess , we act and think in vain , and make life of a greater dream and shadow than it really is . Many of the miseries and misfortunes of ...
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... greater ought to be the profit of those who succeed in it ; and by this measure , none have a pretence of turning their labours to greater advantage than persons brought up to letters . A learned education , passing through great ...
... greater ought to be the profit of those who succeed in it ; and by this measure , none have a pretence of turning their labours to greater advantage than persons brought up to letters . A learned education , passing through great ...
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... greater the afflic- tion is which we see our favourites in these relations engaged , the greater is the pleasure we take in see- ing them relieved . Among the many feigned histories which I have met with in my reading , there is none in ...
... greater the afflic- tion is which we see our favourites in these relations engaged , the greater is the pleasure we take in see- ing them relieved . Among the many feigned histories which I have met with in my reading , there is none in ...
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