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... tion , that its design is very wise and useful : for it is understood to give a civil dismission to the visit- ants , intimating to them , that the master of the house has business to do , or some other avocation , that permits them to ...
... tion , that its design is very wise and useful : for it is understood to give a civil dismission to the visit- ants , intimating to them , that the master of the house has business to do , or some other avocation , that permits them to ...
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... tion , or requiring the said fees ; which indulgence the small wits in and about this city are advised gratefully to accept and acknowledge . The gentleman who calls himself Sirronio is di- rected , on receipt of this , to burn his ...
... tion , or requiring the said fees ; which indulgence the small wits in and about this city are advised gratefully to accept and acknowledge . The gentleman who calls himself Sirronio is di- rected , on receipt of this , to burn his ...
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... tion , and that it is greater in the reflection than in the act itself ? Is there a pleasure upon earth to be compared with that which arises from the sense of making others happy ? Can this pleasure ever be absent , or ever end , but ...
... tion , and that it is greater in the reflection than in the act itself ? Is there a pleasure upon earth to be compared with that which arises from the sense of making others happy ? Can this pleasure ever be absent , or ever end , but ...
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... tion , do an evil action ? Phil . Yes ; but then he errs in judgment , though his design be good : if his error be inevitable , or such as , all things considered , he could not help , he is inculpable ; but if it arose through want of ...
... tion , do an evil action ? Phil . Yes ; but then he errs in judgment , though his design be good : if his error be inevitable , or such as , all things considered , he could not help , he is inculpable ; but if it arose through want of ...
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... tion to any vice , and practise the contrary virtue , the weaker will that temptation be , and the stronger will be that habit , till at length the temptation has no force , or entirely vanishes ; does it follow from thence , that , in ...
... tion to any vice , and practise the contrary virtue , the weaker will that temptation be , and the stronger will be that habit , till at length the temptation has no force , or entirely vanishes ; does it follow from thence , that , in ...
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