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... Honour from Oblivion . Whoever has exerted himself for the Publick , is at your House a Friend and a Be- nefactor : Diftinctions are , there , made by the Rule of Reason and Ju- ftice ; a young and no- ble Heart , generously difpofed by ...
... Honour from Oblivion . Whoever has exerted himself for the Publick , is at your House a Friend and a Be- nefactor : Diftinctions are , there , made by the Rule of Reason and Ju- ftice ; a young and no- ble Heart , generously difpofed by ...
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... Honour of Your Country ---- It is as impoffible to do You Dishonour , as to recall Yesterday : Your Character is indeli- ble in the Book of Fame : And tho ' after a few Turbulent Years , it will be faid of Us thereft of Mankind , They ...
... Honour of Your Country ---- It is as impoffible to do You Dishonour , as to recall Yesterday : Your Character is indeli- ble in the Book of Fame : And tho ' after a few Turbulent Years , it will be faid of Us thereft of Mankind , They ...
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... Honour You ? It is from the very Qualities , which lay You open to the Affaults of Your Enemies . That Sweet Complacency , that Admirable Spirit , which is fo tempered for the Arts of Common Life , makes us lofe our Wonder in Love . Is ...
... Honour You ? It is from the very Qualities , which lay You open to the Affaults of Your Enemies . That Sweet Complacency , that Admirable Spirit , which is fo tempered for the Arts of Common Life , makes us lofe our Wonder in Love . Is ...
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... Honour is the Confcience of doing just and laudable Actions , independent of the Succefs of thofe Actions . God is the Fountain of this Honour , and animates and fupports all who are actuated by it ; he is an inexhaustible Foun- B 5 ...
... Honour is the Confcience of doing just and laudable Actions , independent of the Succefs of thofe Actions . God is the Fountain of this Honour , and animates and fupports all who are actuated by it ; he is an inexhaustible Foun- B 5 ...
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... Honour . They , alas ! are themselves diminished in Proportion to what they grant out of themselves . An un- guarded and lavish Hand , in Grants of this Kind , would very foon make the Honour , flowing from a Prince , of no Value and ...
... Honour . They , alas ! are themselves diminished in Proportion to what they grant out of themselves . An un- guarded and lavish Hand , in Grants of this Kind , would very foon make the Honour , flowing from a Prince , of no Value and ...
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