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Page 13
... pleasure , engrossed and ta- ken up with the thoughts and pursuits of pleasure , is dead whilst he liveth ; has no time , no inclination , no disposition for listening to any dictates of religion or of conscience . With re- spect to ...
... pleasure , engrossed and ta- ken up with the thoughts and pursuits of pleasure , is dead whilst he liveth ; has no time , no inclination , no disposition for listening to any dictates of religion or of conscience . With re- spect to ...
Page 16
... pleasures , habits , or gains , which become almost as dear to us , and as difficult to part with . The body being ... pleasure , situation , or profession , be not in itself , strictly speaking , criminal , whatever crimes it may lead ...
... pleasures , habits , or gains , which become almost as dear to us , and as difficult to part with . The body being ... pleasure , situation , or profession , be not in itself , strictly speaking , criminal , whatever crimes it may lead ...
Page 18
... pleasure in his society . Now admitting it possible , that a man may pre- serve his own virtue uncorrupted by a course of intimacy with a profligate companion , it is but barely possible . This is what we remember St Paul says , Evil ...
... pleasure in his society . Now admitting it possible , that a man may pre- serve his own virtue uncorrupted by a course of intimacy with a profligate companion , it is but barely possible . This is what we remember St Paul says , Evil ...
Page 19
... pleasure and hap- piness , upon the whole , that is aimed at by the prohibition . As we are obliged and willing to ... pleasures , and diversions , or any thing else we take de- light in , it is to receive tenfold reward , and in the ...
... pleasure and hap- piness , upon the whole , that is aimed at by the prohibition . As we are obliged and willing to ... pleasures , and diversions , or any thing else we take de- light in , it is to receive tenfold reward , and in the ...
Page 20
... pleasurable or ever so profitable , must not be long ; its pleasures and its profits must end with our lives , generally much sooner ; but who shall count , who shall say what or when will be the end of the misery it brings us to ? If ...
... pleasurable or ever so profitable , must not be long ; its pleasures and its profits must end with our lives , generally much sooner ; but who shall count , who shall say what or when will be the end of the misery it brings us to ? If ...
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