The Hive of Ancient and Modern Literature: A Collection of Essays, Narratives, Allegories, and Instructive CompositionsS. Hodgson, 1806 - 340 pages |
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... pain in fome " mode or other , which greatly exceeds its pleafsure . ་ " Your paffions will be eafily restrained from enor- " mous excefs , if you really wish and honeftly endea- " vour to restrain them . But the greater part of " young ...
... pain in fome " mode or other , which greatly exceeds its pleafsure . ་ " Your paffions will be eafily restrained from enor- " mous excefs , if you really wish and honeftly endea- " vour to restrain them . But the greater part of " young ...
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... pain and mifery , and ought to be accom- " panied with fhame . Far more have taken pains to " fhine , amidst the little circle of their vicious acquain- " tance , in the character of gay libertines , than to ac- " quire , by useful ...
... pain and mifery , and ought to be accom- " panied with fhame . Far more have taken pains to " fhine , amidst the little circle of their vicious acquain- " tance , in the character of gay libertines , than to ac- " quire , by useful ...
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... pain- ful remembrance of his folly ; he now faw how happi- nefs is loft when eafe is confulted ; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompted him to feek shelter in the grove , and defpifed the petty curiofity that led him on from ...
... pain- ful remembrance of his folly ; he now faw how happi- nefs is loft when eafe is confulted ; he lamented the unmanly impatience that prompted him to feek shelter in the grove , and defpifed the petty curiofity that led him on from ...
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... pains to put on the appearance of virtue , if he did not know it was the most proper and effectual means to gain the love and esteem of mankind . We learn from Hierocles , it was a common saying among the heathens , that the wife man ...
... pains to put on the appearance of virtue , if he did not know it was the most proper and effectual means to gain the love and esteem of mankind . We learn from Hierocles , it was a common saying among the heathens , that the wife man ...
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... pains , whofe welfare de- pends upon my affiduity about him , that I willingly ex- clude the loofe gratifications of paffion for the folid re- flections of duty . I know not whether any man's wife would be allowed , and ( what I ftill ...
... pains , whofe welfare de- pends upon my affiduity about him , that I willingly ex- clude the loofe gratifications of paffion for the folid re- flections of duty . I know not whether any man's wife would be allowed , and ( what I ftill ...
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