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... virtue Ibid . 112 XVII . On Verfification Ibid . 115 XVIII . Leffons on Wisdom Armstrong 116 XIX . Against Indolence ; an Epiftle 119 XX . Elegy to a young Nobleman Mafon 122 XXI . On the Miseries of Human Life Thomfon 124 XXII . XXIII ...
... virtue Ibid . 112 XVII . On Verfification Ibid . 115 XVIII . Leffons on Wisdom Armstrong 116 XIX . Against Indolence ; an Epiftle 119 XX . Elegy to a young Nobleman Mafon 122 XXI . On the Miseries of Human Life Thomfon 124 XXII . XXIII ...
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... Virtue XIII . The Speech of Brutus on the Death of Cæfar XIV . Gloucefter's Speech to the Nobles BOOK VI . DIALOGUES . I. On Happinefs II . The Same Subject III . On Criticifm IV . On Negroes V. Rivers and Sir Harry VI . Sir John Melvil ...
... Virtue XIII . The Speech of Brutus on the Death of Cæfar XIV . Gloucefter's Speech to the Nobles BOOK VI . DIALOGUES . I. On Happinefs II . The Same Subject III . On Criticifm IV . On Negroes V. Rivers and Sir Harry VI . Sir John Melvil ...
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... 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 , than to be angry ...
... 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 , than to be angry ...
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... virtues , praife : fuch is the force of ill will , and ill nature . It is harder to avoid cenfure , than to gain applause ; for this may be done by one great or wife action in an age ; but • to escape cenfure , a man must pass his whole ...
... virtues , praife : fuch is the force of ill will , and ill nature . It is harder to avoid cenfure , than to gain applause ; for this may be done by one great or wife action in an age ; but • to escape cenfure , a man must pass his whole ...
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... virtues by which it ought to be obtained . Titles of honour conferred upon fuch as have no perfonal merit , are at beft but the royal stamp set upon base metal . THOUGH an honourable title may be conveyed to pofte- rity , yet the ...
... virtues by which it ought to be obtained . Titles of honour conferred upon fuch as have no perfonal merit , are at beft but the royal stamp set upon base metal . THOUGH an honourable title may be conveyed to pofte- rity , yet the ...
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