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... reason to be thankful , for being disap- pointed in designs which they earnestly pursued , but which , if successfully accomplished , they have afterwards seen would have occasioned their ruin ! 8. What are the actions which afford in ...
... reason to be thankful , for being disap- pointed in designs which they earnestly pursued , but which , if successfully accomplished , they have afterwards seen would have occasioned their ruin ! 8. What are the actions which afford in ...
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... reason of the cold ; he shall therefore beg in harvest , and have nothing . 18 , I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding : and lo ! it was all grown over C with thorns ; nettles had ...
... reason of the cold ; he shall therefore beg in harvest , and have nothing . 18 , I went by the field of the slothful , and by the vineyard of the man void of understanding : and lo ! it was all grown over C with thorns ; nettles had ...
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... reasons , of her father and father - in - law , and , above all , of her husband , she submitted to their will , and was prevailed on to relinquish her own judgement . But her elevation was of very short continuance . The nation ...
... reasons , of her father and father - in - law , and , above all , of her husband , she submitted to their will , and was prevailed on to relinquish her own judgement . But her elevation was of very short continuance . The nation ...
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... reason . When one hears of negroes , who , upon the death of their masters , or upon changing their service , hang them- selves upon the next tree , as it sometimes happens in our Ameri- can plantations , who can forbear admiring their ...
... reason . When one hears of negroes , who , upon the death of their masters , or upon changing their service , hang them- selves upon the next tree , as it sometimes happens in our Ameri- can plantations , who can forbear admiring their ...
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... reason , as none can be properly called rich , who have not more than they want , there are few rich men in any of the politer nations , but among the middle sort of people , who keep their wishes within their fortunes , and have more ...
... reason , as none can be properly called rich , who have not more than they want , there are few rich men in any of the politer nations , but among the middle sort of people , who keep their wishes within their fortunes , and have more ...
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affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray åte attention balance of happiness beauty behold BLAIR blessing Caius Verres cerning character comfort death desire distress divine dread earth emphasis enjoy enjoyments envy errours evil father feel folly fortune gåte gentle give ground Haman happiness Hazael heart heaven Heraclitus honour hope human inflection Jugurtha kind king labour live look Lord lord Guilford Dudley mankind manner means ment Micipsa midst mind misery mount Etna nature ness never Numidia Ortogrul ourselves pain passions pause peace perfection person pleasure possession present prince proper publick Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise SECTION sense sentence sentiments shining Sicily sorrow soul sound spirit suffer superiour temper thee thing thou thought tion tỷ vanity verse vice violent virtue voice wisdom wise words youth