The Observer: Being a Collection of Moral, Literary and Familiar Essays, Volume 4C. Dilly, 1788 - Conduct of life |
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... understand the spirit of their religion better than to engage in them : The publications of the pulpit are still numerous , and if they have dropt their high in- flammatory tone , it is to the honour of Chrifti- anity that they have so ...
... understand the spirit of their religion better than to engage in them : The publications of the pulpit are still numerous , and if they have dropt their high in- flammatory tone , it is to the honour of Chrifti- anity that they have so ...
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... understanding feem to point the road too plainly to admit of a mistake . With these sanguine expectations I pursued my journey towards the magnificent feat of At- talus , and in my approach it was with pleasure I remarked the beauty of ...
... understanding feem to point the road too plainly to admit of a mistake . With these sanguine expectations I pursued my journey towards the magnificent feat of At- talus , and in my approach it was with pleasure I remarked the beauty of ...
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... understanding to a short audit , and upon cafting up the sum total of his wit , learning , talents and accomplishments , compute the ba- lance between others and himself , and if it shall turn out that his stock of all these is not the ...
... understanding to a short audit , and upon cafting up the sum total of his wit , learning , talents and accomplishments , compute the ba- lance between others and himself , and if it shall turn out that his stock of all these is not the ...
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... understand those apt and happy mo- ments , of which I am now speaking ; for it is a knowledge not to be gained without a nice and accurate observation of mankind , and even when that observation has given it , men , who are wanting in ...
... understand those apt and happy mo- ments , of which I am now speaking ; for it is a knowledge not to be gained without a nice and accurate observation of mankind , and even when that observation has given it , men , who are wanting in ...
Page 173
... understand how a poft - obit of this fort can profit me in my life , unless I could make it over to some purchaser upon beneficial conditions . Now , as there are people in the world , who have done many famous actions without having ...
... understand how a poft - obit of this fort can profit me in my life , unless I could make it over to some purchaser upon beneficial conditions . Now , as there are people in the world , who have done many famous actions without having ...
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