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Page 77
... received an injury or affront , we are naturally set on fire by it ; we consider constantly how to be revenged upon our enemy , and make him , as we say , repent it . This is either natural , as I said , or become so by our education ...
... received an injury or affront , we are naturally set on fire by it ; we consider constantly how to be revenged upon our enemy , and make him , as we say , repent it . This is either natural , as I said , or become so by our education ...
Page 79
... received and looked upon is often the only punish- ment which the wicked fear ; so that it seems to be necessary , in order to uphold and maintain the interests of virtue in the world , to treat the vicious differently from the virtuous ...
... received and looked upon is often the only punish- ment which the wicked fear ; so that it seems to be necessary , in order to uphold and maintain the interests of virtue in the world , to treat the vicious differently from the virtuous ...
Page 83
... receiving kind offices , which render the journey of life easy and comfortable ? As the causes of the bitterest quar- rels are generally the most frivolous , so condescensions equally unimportant would in the early stages of the dispute ...
... receiving kind offices , which render the journey of life easy and comfortable ? As the causes of the bitterest quar- rels are generally the most frivolous , so condescensions equally unimportant would in the early stages of the dispute ...
Page 84
... received , is , the consideration how extremely liable we all are to mistake both facts and words in the first report that is made , and the first apprehension that is formed of them . A very minute difference will convert innocent but ...
... received , is , the consideration how extremely liable we all are to mistake both facts and words in the first report that is made , and the first apprehension that is formed of them . A very minute difference will convert innocent but ...
Page 165
... received every proof imaginable of their affec- tion and good will , nor can I suspect the least design they can have upon me , unless it be to do me good , and prevent me from falling into any miscarriage , which I find affects them ...
... received every proof imaginable of their affec- tion and good will , nor can I suspect the least design they can have upon me , unless it be to do me good , and prevent me from falling into any miscarriage , which I find affects them ...
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