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... saying among the heathens , that the wife man hates nobody , but loves only the virtuous . Tully has a very beautiful gradation of thoughts to fhew how amiable virtue is . We love a virtuous man , fays he , who lives in the remoteft ...
... saying among the heathens , that the wife man hates nobody , but loves only the virtuous . Tully has a very beautiful gradation of thoughts to fhew how amiable virtue is . We love a virtuous man , fays he , who lives in the remoteft ...
Page 178
... saying , Fill the men's facks with food , as much as they can carry ; and put my cup , the filver cup , into the fack of Benjamin , the youngest . And the steward did according to the word that Jofeph had spoken . As foon as the morning ...
... saying , Fill the men's facks with food , as much as they can carry ; and put my cup , the filver cup , into the fack of Benjamin , the youngest . And the steward did according to the word that Jofeph had spoken . As foon as the morning ...
Page 208
... upon the death of her husband , which happened about feven years ago , retired wholly from town to her estate in the country , where the lived beloved , and died in peace . 10 On On Hope . Exiles , the proverb says , subsist. ( 208 )
... upon the death of her husband , which happened about feven years ago , retired wholly from town to her estate in the country , where the lived beloved , and died in peace . 10 On On Hope . Exiles , the proverb says , subsist. ( 208 )
Page 209
... says , subsist on hope : Delusive hope still points to distant good , To good that mocks approach . HERE is no temper fo generally indulged as hope ; is other paffions operate by ftarts , on particular oc- cafions , or in certain parts ...
... says , subsist on hope : Delusive hope still points to distant good , To good that mocks approach . HERE is no temper fo generally indulged as hope ; is other paffions operate by ftarts , on particular oc- cafions , or in certain parts ...
Page 271
... says , that you think him a fool or a blockhead , and not worth hearing . It is much more fo with regard to women ; who , of whatever rank they are , are entitled , in confideration of their fex , not only to an attentive , but an ...
... says , that you think him a fool or a blockhead , and not worth hearing . It is much more fo with regard to women ; who , of whatever rank they are , are entitled , in confideration of their fex , not only to an attentive , but an ...
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