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... these are such as difpofe us to do good to mankind . Temperance and abftinence , faith and devotion , are in themselves perhaps as lauda- ble as any other virtues ; but those which make a man popular and beloved , are juftice , charity ...
... these are such as difpofe us to do good to mankind . Temperance and abftinence , faith and devotion , are in themselves perhaps as lauda- ble as any other virtues ; but those which make a man popular and beloved , are juftice , charity ...
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... these admonitions of nature , however forcible , however importunate , are too often vain ; and that many who mark with fuch accuracy the courfe of time , appear to have little fenfibility of the decline of life . Every man has ...
... these admonitions of nature , however forcible , however importunate , are too often vain ; and that many who mark with fuch accuracy the courfe of time , appear to have little fenfibility of the decline of life . Every man has ...
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... these enter- tainments , to fweeten the heavy hours of a decrepid parent , is a refignation truly heroic . Fidelia performs the duty of a nurse with all the beauty of a bride ; nor does the neglect her person , because of her attendance ...
... these enter- tainments , to fweeten the heavy hours of a decrepid parent , is a refignation truly heroic . Fidelia performs the duty of a nurse with all the beauty of a bride ; nor does the neglect her person , because of her attendance ...
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... these domestic difagreements is the prevalence of vice in a very predominant degree , as well as of mifery . But it avails little to point out evils without recom- mending a remedy . One of the first rules which fug- gefts itself is ...
... these domestic difagreements is the prevalence of vice in a very predominant degree , as well as of mifery . But it avails little to point out evils without recom- mending a remedy . One of the first rules which fug- gefts itself is ...
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... , which , though not noify or turbulent , was yet irrefiftible , bore him away . Be- yond these islands all was darknefs , nor could any of C the the paffengers describe the shore at which he first em- ( 25 ) The voyage of life, an ...
... , which , though not noify or turbulent , was yet irrefiftible , bore him away . Be- yond these islands all was darknefs , nor could any of C the the paffengers describe the shore at which he first em- ( 25 ) The voyage of life, an ...
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