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Page 33
... ruining of themselves and families , and voluntarily endure abundance of fatigue in a fruitless search after imaginary hidden treasure . They wander through the woods and bushes by day , to discover the marks and signs ; at midnight ...
... ruining of themselves and families , and voluntarily endure abundance of fatigue in a fruitless search after imaginary hidden treasure . They wander through the woods and bushes by day , to discover the marks and signs ; at midnight ...
Page 35
... ruined by it . A sea - captain of my acquaintance used to blame the English for envying Spain their mines of silver , and too much despising or overlooking the advan- tages of their own industry and manufactures . " For my part , " says ...
... ruined by it . A sea - captain of my acquaintance used to blame the English for envying Spain their mines of silver , and too much despising or overlooking the advan- tages of their own industry and manufactures . " For my part , " says ...
Page 37
... ruin and de- struction of that very self which he loves so well ? That man alone loves himself rightly , who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence ; and so pursues pleasure as not to give for ...
... ruin and de- struction of that very self which he loves so well ? That man alone loves himself rightly , who procures the greatest possible good to himself through the whole of his existence ; and so pursues pleasure as not to give for ...
Page 41
... ruins of the other : but if , through the strength and power of a present passion , and through want of attending to consequences , we have erred and exceeded the bounds which na- ture or reason have set us ; we are then , for our own ...
... ruins of the other : but if , through the strength and power of a present passion , and through want of attending to consequences , we have erred and exceeded the bounds which na- ture or reason have set us ; we are then , for our own ...
Page 43
... our present happiness , and not build one upon the ruins of the other ; that we should look to the end , and regard consequences ; and if , through want of attention , we had erred , and MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . - 43.
... our present happiness , and not build one upon the ruins of the other ; that we should look to the end , and regard consequences ; and if , through want of attention , we had erred , and MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL . - 43.
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