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Page 32
... object of it . Among a circle of friends , enjoying one another , he is as happy as the happiest . In a word , he lives in a different sort of ΙΟ world II . world from what the selfish man inhabits . 32 On Sensibility .
... object of it . Among a circle of friends , enjoying one another , he is as happy as the happiest . In a word , he lives in a different sort of ΙΟ world II . world from what the selfish man inhabits . 32 On Sensibility .
Page 33
... objects which the selfish cannot see . At the same time his enjoy- ments are not of that kind which remain merely on the surface of the mind . They penetrate the heart . They enlarge and elevate , they refine and ennoble it . To all the ...
... objects which the selfish cannot see . At the same time his enjoy- ments are not of that kind which remain merely on the surface of the mind . They penetrate the heart . They enlarge and elevate , they refine and ennoble it . To all the ...
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... object , they always conceive that it en- titles themselves to some profitable returns . These , often , are persons of refined and art- ful character ; who partly deceive them- selves , and partly employ their sensibility as a cover to ...
... object , they always conceive that it en- titles themselves to some profitable returns . These , often , are persons of refined and art- ful character ; who partly deceive them- selves , and partly employ their sensibility as a cover to ...
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... objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . He has reason to suspect , that in some corner of his heart there lodges a secret ...
... objects of religion , no heart to admire and adore the great Father of the universe , has reason to distrust the truth and delicacy of his sensibility . He has reason to suspect , that in some corner of his heart there lodges a secret ...
Page 47
... objects arise to view , which make the most unthinking , grave ; and render the serious , sad . The pleasur able III . SERMON able scenes of youth ; the objects On the Improvement of Time . 47.
... objects arise to view , which make the most unthinking , grave ; and render the serious , sad . The pleasur able III . SERMON able scenes of youth ; the objects On the Improvement of Time . 47.
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