Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A.George Strahan, 1720 - 108 pages |
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... beft pleas'd , they fhould likewise be capable of being most perfecuted In this cafe , their Keennefs and Vigour feems to make them more liable to be disobliged . And may we not from hence conclude , that the Edge of Pain must be ...
... beft pleas'd , they fhould likewise be capable of being most perfecuted In this cafe , their Keennefs and Vigour feems to make them more liable to be disobliged . And may we not from hence conclude , that the Edge of Pain must be ...
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... beft to us , we are apt to think is best in itself too . Besides , Men are not very quick in fpying out the Ex- cellency of their Neighbours , because fuch a Discovery brings them under a Difadvantage of Comparison : And this unless ...
... beft to us , we are apt to think is best in itself too . Besides , Men are not very quick in fpying out the Ex- cellency of their Neighbours , because fuch a Discovery brings them under a Difadvantage of Comparison : And this unless ...
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... beft Sense ; and always drives the Reasons for Cle- mency as far as they will go . Good Nature confiders that Ignorance is often- times at the Head of a Fault , and that Fear and Pleasure are ftrong Temptati- ons to ftrain upon ...
... beft Sense ; and always drives the Reasons for Cle- mency as far as they will go . Good Nature confiders that Ignorance is often- times at the Head of a Fault , and that Fear and Pleasure are ftrong Temptati- ons to ftrain upon ...
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... first Lofs is commonly the beft : And therefore I fhall alter my Refolution , and leave my unfriendly Neighbours to the Correction of their own Folly . Philal . Philal . You are certainly in the right . And 49 A MORAL ESSAY.
... first Lofs is commonly the beft : And therefore I fhall alter my Refolution , and leave my unfriendly Neighbours to the Correction of their own Folly . Philal . Philal . You are certainly in the right . And 49 A MORAL ESSAY.
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... beft Conftruction , with every Body well , pity Ignorance , and defpife ill Ufage . Philot . I fhall endeavour to follow your Advice . Tour Servant . OF O F AUTHORS . In a DIALOGUE between Eulabius and upon REVENGE . 4I.
... beft Conftruction , with every Body well , pity Ignorance , and defpife ill Ufage . Philot . I fhall endeavour to follow your Advice . Tour Servant . OF O F AUTHORS . In a DIALOGUE between Eulabius and upon REVENGE . 4I.
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