The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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... several instances of right reason in the heathen world ; modes of reasoning , by which natural religion might deduce the probability of a future state of rewards and punish- ments . Confusion of systems in the phi- losophy of the ...
... several instances of right reason in the heathen world ; modes of reasoning , by which natural religion might deduce the probability of a future state of rewards and punish- ments . Confusion of systems in the phi- losophy of the ...
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... several expreffions of con- tempt , exultation and revenge with such a cha- racter of ghaftly pain and horror , as to make the beholders shrink . Amongst these Sybils he in- troduces the person of Caffandra the prophetess , whom ...
... several expreffions of con- tempt , exultation and revenge with such a cha- racter of ghaftly pain and horror , as to make the beholders shrink . Amongst these Sybils he in- troduces the person of Caffandra the prophetess , whom ...
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... several days ; " And there I found a bevy of preceptors " For my new system , thirty in a group ; " All with one voice prepar'd to tutor me- " Eat , drink and revel in the joys of love ! " For pleasure is the wife man's fovereign good ...
... several days ; " And there I found a bevy of preceptors " For my new system , thirty in a group ; " All with one voice prepar'd to tutor me- " Eat , drink and revel in the joys of love ! " For pleasure is the wife man's fovereign good ...
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... several fragments selected from his comedies by various authors of the lower ages , and these , though tolerably numerous , will scarce fuffice to give such an infight into the original , as may enable us to pronounce upon it's ...
... several fragments selected from his comedies by various authors of the lower ages , and these , though tolerably numerous , will scarce fuffice to give such an infight into the original , as may enable us to pronounce upon it's ...
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... several cities , which " in the course of time have fallen into egregious " folly and declension : You may demand why " I instance them at this time and in this place- " I answer that we are now present in the city of " Olympia , and ...
... several cities , which " in the course of time have fallen into egregious " folly and declension : You may demand why " I instance them at this time and in this place- " I answer that we are now present in the city of " Olympia , and ...
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