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... pleasure melted into effeminacy , nor by distress sunk into dejection ; such is the mind which forms the distinction ... pleasures , but zealous for pub- lic interests and happiness ; magnanimous , without being proud ; humble , without ...
... pleasure melted into effeminacy , nor by distress sunk into dejection ; such is the mind which forms the distinction ... pleasures , but zealous for pub- lic interests and happiness ; magnanimous , without being proud ; humble , without ...
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... pleasure . He gives , assists , and relieves , not merely because he is bound to do so , but because it would be painful for him to refrain . Hence the smallest benefit he confers rises in its value , on account of its carrying the ...
... pleasure . He gives , assists , and relieves , not merely because he is bound to do so , but because it would be painful for him to refrain . Hence the smallest benefit he confers rises in its value , on account of its carrying the ...
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... pleasures to which it gives him access . If he be master of riches or influence , it affords him the means of increasing his own enjoyment , by relieving the wants , or increasing the comforts , of others . If he command not these ...
... pleasures to which it gives him access . If he be master of riches or influence , it affords him the means of increasing his own enjoyment , by relieving the wants , or increasing the comforts , of others . If he command not these ...
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... pleasures which flow from the same source . Sensibility heightens in general the human powers , and is connected with acuteness in all our feelings . If it makes us more alive to 24 some SERMON Some painful sensations , in return it ren ...
... pleasures which flow from the same source . Sensibility heightens in general the human powers , and is connected with acuteness in all our feelings . If it makes us more alive to 24 some SERMON Some painful sensations , in return it ren ...
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... pleasures . They are confined to what affects his own interest . He is obliged to repeat the same gratifica- tions till they become insipid . But the man of virtuous sensibility moves in a wider sphere of felicity . His powers are much ...
... pleasures . They are confined to what affects his own interest . He is obliged to repeat the same gratifica- tions till they become insipid . But the man of virtuous sensibility moves in a wider sphere of felicity . His powers are much ...
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