Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A.George Strahan, 1720 - 108 pages |
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... some of them are treated in a continu'd Difcourfe . With regard to the additional Performance , I fhall only throw in a word or two concerning the Age and Character of the Authors tranflated . St. Cyprian was Bishop of Car- An Dom ...
... some of them are treated in a continu'd Difcourfe . With regard to the additional Performance , I fhall only throw in a word or two concerning the Age and Character of the Authors tranflated . St. Cyprian was Bishop of Car- An Dom ...
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... Some Beings are too big for Fortitude : With- out Death , or Danger , there can be no Courage properly fpeaking . The Com- mendation of the Service is in a manner loft where there's nothing to feel , nor to fear . If a Man knows himself ...
... Some Beings are too big for Fortitude : With- out Death , or Danger , there can be no Courage properly fpeaking . The Com- mendation of the Service is in a manner loft where there's nothing to feel , nor to fear . If a Man knows himself ...
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... Some Peo- ple are warp'd by Neceffity , and unjust as it were against their Will . The Preffures of Fortune , and the Force of Poverty make them defert , and go over to un- handsome Practices . They have no mind to forget a Friend , or ...
... Some Peo- ple are warp'd by Neceffity , and unjust as it were against their Will . The Preffures of Fortune , and the Force of Poverty make them defert , and go over to un- handsome Practices . They have no mind to forget a Friend , or ...
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... Some People , when they grow good for nothing , charge their Failings upon their Nature , and endeavour to fence off the Infamy by laying the blame upon Providence : But thele are only the ex- cufes 1 cufes of ftrong Appetites and weak ...
... Some People , when they grow good for nothing , charge their Failings upon their Nature , and endeavour to fence off the Infamy by laying the blame upon Providence : But thele are only the ex- cufes 1 cufes of ftrong Appetites and weak ...
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... Some People's Humours feem made for each other ; and therefore me- thinks ' tis pity any prior Relations , any Rigours of Custom or Law , should baulk their Friendship , and keep them afunder . Sophron . Don't you remember , Cyrus ...
... Some People's Humours feem made for each other ; and therefore me- thinks ' tis pity any prior Relations , any Rigours of Custom or Law , should baulk their Friendship , and keep them afunder . Sophron . Don't you remember , Cyrus ...
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