British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences, Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 9Mitchell, Ames, and White, 1821 - Natural history |
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... happiness . Jupiter himself set an example of lust ; and Bacchus was worshipped with cruel and obscene re- vellings . Many , however , of the heathen writers condemned this part of their theology ; among which are Sanchoniatho , the Pho ...
... happiness . Jupiter himself set an example of lust ; and Bacchus was worshipped with cruel and obscene re- vellings . Many , however , of the heathen writers condemned this part of their theology ; among which are Sanchoniatho , the Pho ...
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... happiest age of antiquity . " The works of the first restorers of painting may be likewise studied with great profit , so far as relates to invention , composition , and expression . In the executive parts of the art they seldom ...
... happiest age of antiquity . " The works of the first restorers of painting may be likewise studied with great profit , so far as relates to invention , composition , and expression . In the executive parts of the art they seldom ...
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... happiness we feel deeply interested : and yet it may admit of doubt whether the idea of being deprived of some previously experienced pleasure may not influence and promote our apparently disinterested affection . Indeed there are ...
... happiness we feel deeply interested : and yet it may admit of doubt whether the idea of being deprived of some previously experienced pleasure may not influence and promote our apparently disinterested affection . Indeed there are ...
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... happiness , has re- stored perfect content . Exquisite pic- ture of perfection ! how much is it to be regretted , that perverseness has made it transient . Encouraged as these our first propensities sometimes are , we find the parent ...
... happiness , has re- stored perfect content . Exquisite pic- ture of perfection ! how much is it to be regretted , that perverseness has made it transient . Encouraged as these our first propensities sometimes are , we find the parent ...
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... happiness , though the hopes of our lives have too often been directed to the very means of punishment , veiled under the specious appearance of probable felicity . Hope and expectation have the same ef- fect upon the frame and features ...
... happiness , though the hopes of our lives have too often been directed to the very means of punishment , veiled under the specious appearance of probable felicity . Hope and expectation have the same ef- fect upon the frame and features ...
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