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... virtue was taught as a liberal art or science and it is certainly of more consequence to a man , that he has learned to govern his passions ; in spite of temptation , to be just in his dealings , to be temperate in his plea- sures , to ...
... virtue was taught as a liberal art or science and it is certainly of more consequence to a man , that he has learned to govern his passions ; in spite of temptation , to be just in his dealings , to be temperate in his plea- sures , to ...
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... virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance : there was something in the air of his face , that mani- fested the true greatness of his mind ; which like- wise appeared in all he said , and in every part of his behaviour , obliging ...
... virtue have a sensible effect on the countenance : there was something in the air of his face , that mani- fested the true greatness of his mind ; which like- wise appeared in all he said , and in every part of his behaviour , obliging ...
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... virtue , make him justly deserve to be esteemed the glory of his country . The brave do never shun the light , Just are their thoughts , and open are their tempers ; Freely , without disguise , they love and hate ; Still are they found ...
... virtue , make him justly deserve to be esteemed the glory of his country . The brave do never shun the light , Just are their thoughts , and open are their tempers ; Freely , without disguise , they love and hate ; Still are they found ...
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... virtue ? It is true , we love the handsome , we applaud the learned , and we fear the rich and powerful ; but we even worship and adore the virtuous . Nor is it strange ; since men of virtue are so rare , so very rare to be found . If ...
... virtue ? It is true , we love the handsome , we applaud the learned , and we fear the rich and powerful ; but we even worship and adore the virtuous . Nor is it strange ; since men of virtue are so rare , so very rare to be found . If ...
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... virtue , and depreciate vice of every kind . But as I know the mob hate instruction , and the generality would never read beyond the first line of my lectures , if they were actually filled with nothing but whole- some precepts and ...
... virtue , and depreciate vice of every kind . But as I know the mob hate instruction , and the generality would never read beyond the first line of my lectures , if they were actually filled with nothing but whole- some precepts and ...
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