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" It is accompanied with such an inward satisfaction, that the duty is sufficiently rewarded by the performance. It is not like the practice of many other virtues, difficult and painful, but attended with so much pleasure, that were there no positive command... "
The Prose epitome; or, Extracts, elegant, instructive, and entertaining ... - Page 36
1792 - 456 pages
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The Spectator, Volume 6

1729 - 320 pages
...attended with fo much Pleafure, that were there no podive Command which cnjoiu'd it, nor any Recompence laid up for it hereafter, a generous Mind would indulge...to Man, how much more from Man to his Maker > The Supream Being doe* not only confer upon us thofe Bounties which proceed more immediately from his Hand,...
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The Spectator, Volume 6

1739 - 332 pages
...attended with fo much Pleafure, that were there no poiitive Command which injoin'd it, nor any Recompence laid up for it hereafter^ a generous Mind would indulge...accompanies it. IF Gratitude- is due from Man to Man, how muck more from Man to his Maker ? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us thofe Bounties which...
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The Spectator, Volume 6

1778 - 342 pages
...attended with fo. much pleafure, that were there no pofitive command which enjoined it, nor any recompence laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge...If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more trom man to his Maker ? 1'he Supreme Being does not only conftr upon us thofe bounties which proceed...
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The European Magazine, and London Review, Volume 9

English literature - 1786 - 558 pages
...have gone fo far as to fay, that were there no pofitive command that enjoined it, nor any rccompence laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge...for the natural gratification that accompanies it. Here a footman appearing to acquaint Eudoxus that breakfaft was readv, the converfation was put an...
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The Miscellaneous Works of Charles Collignon

Charles COLLIGNON - 1786 - 404 pages
...have gone fo far as to fay, that were there no pofitive command that enjoined it, nor any recompence laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge...for the natural gratification/ that accompanies it. Here a Footman appearing to acquaint Eudoxus that Breakfaft was ready, the converfation was put an...
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Miscellanies, Moral and Instructive, in Prose and Verse

American literature - 1787 - 430 pages
...attended with fo much pleafure, that were there no pofitive command which enjoined it, nor any recompence laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind would indulge...gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from maa to his Maker. The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us thofe bounties, which proceed more...
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Elegant Extracts: Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages in Prose, Selected ...

Vicesimus Knox - English prose literature - 1790 - 1058 pages
...attended with fo much pleafure, that were there no pofitive command which enjoined it, nor any recompence laid up for it hereafter — a generous mind would...that accompanies it. If gratitude is due from man to manhow much more from man to his Maker Î —The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us thofe bounties...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments ...

Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1796 - 634 pages
...command which enjoined, nor any recompence laid up for it hereafter, a generous mind^would indulge it for the natural gratification that accompanies...much more from man to his Maker. The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us thofe bounties, which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 5

Joseph Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 626 pages
...gratitude, that it depends only on the goodwill: if I have will to be grateful, fays Seneca, I am fo. If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon usthofe bounties which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even thofe...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments ...

Mr. Addison - Anecdotes - 1797 - 642 pages
...gratitude, that it depends only on the goodwill : if I have will to be grateful, fays Seneca, I am fo. If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker ? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us thofe bounties which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even...
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