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... occasions . His strict justice and known impartiality make him the arbitrator and decider of all differences that arise , for many miles around him , without putting his neighbours to the charge , perplexity , and uncertainty of law ...
... occasions . His strict justice and known impartiality make him the arbitrator and decider of all differences that arise , for many miles around him , without putting his neighbours to the charge , perplexity , and uncertainty of law ...
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... occasion quite con- trary , he in the following manner exhorted Char- midas to take an employment . He was a man of sense , and more deserving than most others in the same post ; but , as he was of a modest disposition , he constantly ...
... occasion quite con- trary , he in the following manner exhorted Char- midas to take an employment . He was a man of sense , and more deserving than most others in the same post ; but , as he was of a modest disposition , he constantly ...
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... occasions of serving the republic , and of rendering it , if possible , more flourishing than it is . This will be a blessing whose influence will descend not only on the other citizens , but on your best friends and yourself . " SELF ...
... occasions of serving the republic , and of rendering it , if possible , more flourishing than it is . This will be a blessing whose influence will descend not only on the other citizens , but on your best friends and yourself . " SELF ...
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... occasion . Covetousness is ever attended with solicitude and anxiety . Ambition has its disappoint- ments to sour us , but never the good fortune to sa- tisfy us ; its appetite grows the keener by indul- gence , and all we can gratify ...
... occasion . Covetousness is ever attended with solicitude and anxiety . Ambition has its disappoint- ments to sour us , but never the good fortune to sa- tisfy us ; its appetite grows the keener by indul- gence , and all we can gratify ...
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... occasions ; one in the first of his Satires , the other in the last of his Epistles , which seem to represent life only as a season of luxury : " .... exacto contentus tempore vitæ , Cedat ubi conviva satur- Lusisti satis , edisti satis ...
... occasions ; one in the first of his Satires , the other in the last of his Epistles , which seem to represent life only as a season of luxury : " .... exacto contentus tempore vitæ , Cedat ubi conviva satur- Lusisti satis , edisti satis ...
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