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" Here the heart softens and vigilance subsides ; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple... "
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1803
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The midwife: or, The old woman's magazine, Volume 1

Midwife - 1750 - 302 pages
...leaft, turn our Eyes " upon the Gardens of Pleafure : We approach " them with Scruple and Hefitation ; we enter " them, but enter timorous and trembling, and " always hope to pafs through them without lofing " the Road of Virtue, which we, for a while, " keep in our Sight,...
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The Rambler [by S. Johnson and others]., Volume 3

1750 - 228 pages
...leaft, turn " our eyes upon the gardens of pleafure. Weap" proach them with fcruple and hefitation ; we " enter them, but enter timorous and trembling ; " and always hope to pafs through them without " lofing the road of virtue, which we for a while " keep in our fight, and...
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The Rambler. ...

Samuel Johnson - 1763 - 292 pages
...leaft, turn our eyes upon " the gardens of pleafure. We approach them with " (cruple and hefitation ; we enter them, but enter " timorous and trembling, and always hope to pafs " through them without lofing the road of virtue, " which we, for a while, keep in our fight,...
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The Complete Letter-writer: Containing Familiar Letters on the Most Common ...

1778 - 264 pages
...leaft, turn our eyes upon the gardens of Plea. fure. We approach them with fcruple and helitation; we enter them, but enter timorous and trembling, and always hope to pafs through them without lofmg the road of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our fight, and to...
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The Magdalen, or, history of the first penitent received into that ...

M. S. - 1780 - 232 pages
...them, but enter timer**• ous and trembling, and always hope to " pafs through them without lofing the " road of virtue, which we, for a while* " keep in our fights and to which we pur~ ** pofe to return. But temptation fuccccd* * temptation, and one compliance...
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The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL. D.: The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787
...enter them, " but enter timorous and trembling, and always " hove to pafs through them without lofing the road " of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our " fight, ar.d to which we propofe to return. But " tcr..niatio:i fucceeds temptation, and one com"...
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The Rambler

Samuel Johnson, John Hawkins - 1787 - 466 pages
...enter them, tc but enter timorous and trembling, and always " hope to pafs through them without lofing the road *' of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our " fight, and to which we propofe to return. But " temptation fucceeds temptation, and one com" pliance...
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The County Magazine, Volume 1

1788 - 404 pages
...we enter them, bur enter timorous and trembling, and always hope to pafs through them without lofing the road of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our fight, and to which we propofe to return. But temptation fucceeds temptation, and one compliance prepares...
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Lessons in Elocution, Or, A Selection of Pieces in Prose and Verse: For the ...

William Scott - 1789 - 416 pages
...leaft, turn our eyes upon the .gardens of pleafure. We approach them with fcruple and hefitation ; we enter them, but enter timorous and trembling, and always hope to pals through them w.ithout lofiug of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our to which we propole...
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The Complete Letter-writer; Or, Polite English Secretary ...

1789 - 276 pages
...at leaft, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleafure. We approach them with fcruple and hefitation ; we enter them, but enter timorous and trembling, and always hope to pafs through them without lofing the road of virtue, which we, for a while, keep in our fight, and...
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