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... our highest Interest Harris 144 III . The fame Subject Ibid . 146 IV . On the Immortality of the Soul Spectator 147 V. On the Being of a God Young 150 a : 4 BOOK BOOK V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . CHAP . Page I. CONTENTS . vii Juba and ...
... our highest Interest Harris 144 III . The fame Subject Ibid . 146 IV . On the Immortality of the Soul Spectator 147 V. On the Being of a God Young 150 a : 4 BOOK BOOK V. ORATIONS AND HARANGUES . CHAP . Page I. CONTENTS . vii Juba and ...
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... God ! In to do , were as easy as to know what were good to do , chapels had been churches , and poor men's cottages princes palaces . He is a good divine who follows his own inftruc- tions I can eafier teach twenty what were good to be ...
... God ! In to do , were as easy as to know what were good to do , chapels had been churches , and poor men's cottages princes palaces . He is a good divine who follows his own inftruc- tions I can eafier teach twenty what were good to be ...
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... God !! Who builds his hope in th ' air of men's fair looks ,, Lives like a drunken failor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . WHO fhall go about To cozen fortune , and be honourable ...
... God !! Who builds his hope in th ' air of men's fair looks ,, Lives like a drunken failor on a mast , Ready with every nod to tumble down Into the fatal bowels of the deep . WHO fhall go about To cozen fortune , and be honourable ...
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... God grant a long life to fultan Mahmoud ; whilst he reigns over us , we shall never want ruined villages . THE ftory fays , the fultan was fo touched with the fable , that he rebuilt the towns and villages which had been de- ftroyed ...
... God grant a long life to fultan Mahmoud ; whilst he reigns over us , we shall never want ruined villages . THE ftory fays , the fultan was fo touched with the fable , that he rebuilt the towns and villages which had been de- ftroyed ...
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... Gods . These , as I faid before , had their habitation in heaven . The youngest of the oppofite family was Pain , who was the fon of Mifery , who was the child of Vice , who was the off- fpring of the Furies . The habitation of this ...
... Gods . These , as I faid before , had their habitation in heaven . The youngest of the oppofite family was Pain , who was the fon of Mifery , who was the child of Vice , who was the off- fpring of the Furies . The habitation of this ...
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