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... pleasure which arises from contemplating the magnitude and grandeur of a favourite subject , we might be tempted to smile at them as groundless and harmless . But they tend to debase the dignity , and to weaken the efficacy of B 2 DR ...
... pleasure which arises from contemplating the magnitude and grandeur of a favourite subject , we might be tempted to smile at them as groundless and harmless . But they tend to debase the dignity , and to weaken the efficacy of B 2 DR ...
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... pleasure , make an extract of some length . • Farther , to this sordid habit the gamester joins a dispo- sition to FRAUD , and that of the meanest cast . To those who soberly and fairly appreciate the real nature of human actions ...
... pleasure , make an extract of some length . • Farther , to this sordid habit the gamester joins a dispo- sition to FRAUD , and that of the meanest cast . To those who soberly and fairly appreciate the real nature of human actions ...
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... pleasures are clearly by comparison ; but the most deplorable savage enjoys a sufficient contrast of good , to know that the grosser evils from which ... pleasure of novelty has ceased . For these reasons , it is humane to 40 AUSTRALIA .
... pleasures are clearly by comparison ; but the most deplorable savage enjoys a sufficient contrast of good , to know that the grosser evils from which ... pleasure of novelty has ceased . For these reasons , it is humane to 40 AUSTRALIA .
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... pleasure in contemplating the spectacle of men deprived of their reason . And indeed we must have the candour to allow , that the hospitality which Mr. Fievée experienced seems to afford some pretext for this assertion . One of the ...
... pleasure in contemplating the spectacle of men deprived of their reason . And indeed we must have the candour to allow , that the hospitality which Mr. Fievée experienced seems to afford some pretext for this assertion . One of the ...
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... pleasure arising from wit proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to be similar , in which we suspected no similarity . The pleasure arising from bulls proceeds from our discovering two The things to be dissimilar ...
... pleasure arising from wit proceeds from our surprise at suddenly discovering two things to be similar , in which we suspected no similarity . The pleasure arising from bulls proceeds from our discovering two The things to be dissimilar ...
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Page 280 - But Peter and John answered and said unto them; Whether it be right in the sight of God to hearken unto you more than unto God, judge ye. For we cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard.