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Page 54
... less able to return than the followers of Indolence . The captives of Appetite and Paffion could often feize the moment , when their tyrants were languid or afleep , to escape from their enchantment ; but the dominion of Indolence was ...
... less able to return than the followers of Indolence . The captives of Appetite and Paffion could often feize the moment , when their tyrants were languid or afleep , to escape from their enchantment ; but the dominion of Indolence was ...
Page 84
... less barbarity , and , to the difgrace of human nature , to dignify them with the name of sports ! They arm cocks with artificial weapons , which nature had kindly denied to their malevolence , and , with fhouts of applause and triumph ...
... less barbarity , and , to the difgrace of human nature , to dignify them with the name of sports ! They arm cocks with artificial weapons , which nature had kindly denied to their malevolence , and , with fhouts of applause and triumph ...
Page 104
... less remote , with the family of their chief . Every domestic in his house bore the family name , and looked on himself as in a certain degree partaking its dignity , and fharing its fortune . Of these , one was in a parti- cular manner ...
... less remote , with the family of their chief . Every domestic in his house bore the family name , and looked on himself as in a certain degree partaking its dignity , and fharing its fortune . Of these , one was in a parti- cular manner ...
Page 173
... less exposed to a view of the dif- tant Mountain ; and I observed , that , in proportion as the inhabitants of these several places ftruggled to af- cend to the highest spots of their fituation , they had a more diftinct view of the ...
... less exposed to a view of the dif- tant Mountain ; and I observed , that , in proportion as the inhabitants of these several places ftruggled to af- cend to the highest spots of their fituation , they had a more diftinct view of the ...
Page 217
... less adapted to facilitate the animal movements , or in greater danger of a hafty diffolution . The body politic alfo lofes in mufcular force , as much as it acquires of unwieldy fize , till , by the gradual decrease of vigour , and ...
... less adapted to facilitate the animal movements , or in greater danger of a hafty diffolution . The body politic alfo lofes in mufcular force , as much as it acquires of unwieldy fize , till , by the gradual decrease of vigour , and ...
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