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... means be fufficient to at- tend to the points ufed in printing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses which ought to be made in speaking . A mechanical atten- ion to these refting - places has perhaps been one chief cause of ...
... means be fufficient to at- tend to the points ufed in printing ; for these are far from marking all the pauses which ought to be made in speaking . A mechanical atten- ion to these refting - places has perhaps been one chief cause of ...
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... mean in all things . Even virtue itself hath its ftated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wifer to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to re . venge it afterwards . Ir is much better to reprove ...
... mean in all things . Even virtue itself hath its ftated limits ; which not being strictly observed , it ceases to be virtue . It is wifer to prevent a quarrel beforehand , than to re . venge it afterwards . Ir is much better to reprove ...
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... means lefs pleafing than the glare of the ruby . To be at once a rake , and to glory in the character , dif- covers at the fame time a bad disposition , and a bad taste . How is it poffible to expect that mankind will take ad- vice ...
... means lefs pleafing than the glare of the ruby . To be at once a rake , and to glory in the character , dif- covers at the fame time a bad disposition , and a bad taste . How is it poffible to expect that mankind will take ad- vice ...
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... mean , but a neceffary substitute for it , in focieties , who have none : it is a fort of paper - credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are deficient in the fterling cafh of true morality and religion . PERSONS of great ...
... mean , but a neceffary substitute for it , in focieties , who have none : it is a fort of paper - credit , with which men are obliged to trade , who are deficient in the fterling cafh of true morality and religion . PERSONS of great ...
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... means it is that we find Pleasure and Pain are fuch conftant yoke - fellows , and that they either make their vifits together , or are never far asunder . If Pain comes into a heart , he is quickly followed by Plea- fure ; and if ...
... means it is that we find Pleasure and Pain are fuch conftant yoke - fellows , and that they either make their vifits together , or are never far asunder . If Pain comes into a heart , he is quickly followed by Plea- fure ; and if ...
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