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... things as they are , and of removing the deceitful veil , which almost every thing affumes in the bufy fcene of worldly employments . The foul is enabled to retire into her- felf , and to exert thofe energies which are always at- tended ...
... things as they are , and of removing the deceitful veil , which almost every thing affumes in the bufy fcene of worldly employments . The foul is enabled to retire into her- felf , and to exert thofe energies which are always at- tended ...
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... things neceffary and certain often fur- prife us like unexpected contingencies . We leave the beauty in her bloom , and , after an abfence of twenty years , wonder , at our return , to find her faded . We meet those whom we left ...
... things neceffary and certain often fur- prife us like unexpected contingencies . We leave the beauty in her bloom , and , after an abfence of twenty years , wonder , at our return , to find her faded . We meet those whom we left ...
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... thing that paffes about a man is accompanied with the idea of her prefence . Her fex alfo is naturally fo much expo- fed to hazard , both as to fortune and innocence , that there is perhaps a new cause of fondness arising from that ...
... thing that paffes about a man is accompanied with the idea of her prefence . Her fex alfo is naturally fo much expo- fed to hazard , both as to fortune and innocence , that there is perhaps a new cause of fondness arising from that ...
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... thing ought to be tranquil and ferene . But the truth is , we are awed by the presence of strangers , and are afraid ... things converts them to the worst . Home is certainly well adapted to repofe and folid enjoyment . Among parents and ...
... thing ought to be tranquil and ferene . But the truth is , we are awed by the presence of strangers , and are afraid ... things converts them to the worst . Home is certainly well adapted to repofe and folid enjoyment . Among parents and ...
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... things is blackened to our view . The gentle mind is like the smooth stream , which re- flects every object in its juft proportion , and in its faireft colours . The violent fpirit , like troubled wa- ters , renders back the images of ...
... things is blackened to our view . The gentle mind is like the smooth stream , which re- flects every object in its juft proportion , and in its faireft colours . The violent fpirit , like troubled wa- ters , renders back the images of ...
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