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... effect on news as trade . With more concern have I conti- nually observed the growing vices and follies of my country folk : and though reformation is properly the concern of every man , that is , every one ought to mend one ; yet it is ...
... effect on news as trade . With more concern have I conti- nually observed the growing vices and follies of my country folk : and though reformation is properly the concern of every man , that is , every one ought to mend one ; yet it is ...
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... effect on the countenance : there was something in the air of his face , that mani- fested the true greatness of his mind ; which like- wise appeared in all he said , and in every part of his behaviour , obliging us to regard him with a ...
... effect on the countenance : there was something in the air of his face , that mani- fested the true greatness of his mind ; which like- wise appeared in all he said , and in every part of his behaviour , obliging us to regard him with a ...
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... effect , and , if regarded , may prevent abund- ance of folly and wickedness in others , and , at the same time , save me abundance of trouble : and that people may not flatter themselves with the hopes of concealing their loose ...
... effect , and , if regarded , may prevent abund- ance of folly and wickedness in others , and , at the same time , save me abundance of trouble : and that people may not flatter themselves with the hopes of concealing their loose ...
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... effects of his goodness and -bounty . All our merit then is with regard to one another , and from one to another . Taking then the assertion as it last stands , If a man does me a service from a natural bene- volent inclination , does ...
... effects of his goodness and -bounty . All our merit then is with regard to one another , and from one to another . Taking then the assertion as it last stands , If a man does me a service from a natural bene- volent inclination , does ...
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... effect of our own choice , yet we never desire it , but under the appearance of an imaginary good . Many things we ... effects and consequences , not as evils at present , and attended with immediate misery . Reason represents things to ...
... effect of our own choice , yet we never desire it , but under the appearance of an imaginary good . Many things we ... effects and consequences , not as evils at present , and attended with immediate misery . Reason represents things to ...
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