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... ftate of Being ; what moral profpect can he have of being better fatisfied in any future ftate ? BUT you quarrel with the moral tendency of pleasure , and load it with the heavy charge of vitiating and debafing the mind ; adding , that ...
... ftate of Being ; what moral profpect can he have of being better fatisfied in any future ftate ? BUT you quarrel with the moral tendency of pleasure , and load it with the heavy charge of vitiating and debafing the mind ; adding , that ...
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... is uninformed , at whatever period of life , is ftill in a puerile . ftate . FROM the knowledge of past events and their causes ; from attending to the economy of of providence in the external and internal government of the [ 32 ]
... is uninformed , at whatever period of life , is ftill in a puerile . ftate . FROM the knowledge of past events and their causes ; from attending to the economy of of providence in the external and internal government of the [ 32 ]
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... Would you infer from hence ? - Mr. De FENELON . THAT , next to the exercise of virtue , the improvement of the mind ought to be our principal care : For as the former will entitle us us to an improved ftate of being , fo the [ 51 1 . ]
... Would you infer from hence ? - Mr. De FENELON . THAT , next to the exercise of virtue , the improvement of the mind ought to be our principal care : For as the former will entitle us us to an improved ftate of being , fo the [ 51 1 . ]
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... ftate of ignorance in which it appears to be , when it firft informs it . THEODOSIUS . THIS is a very pleafing conclufion , and fuggefts to me a variety of agreeable re- flections . Mr. De FENELON . I HAVE received great fatisfaction ...
... ftate of ignorance in which it appears to be , when it firft informs it . THEODOSIUS . THIS is a very pleafing conclufion , and fuggefts to me a variety of agreeable re- flections . Mr. De FENELON . I HAVE received great fatisfaction ...
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... ftate of being , would be fuperfluous in another , that it's faculties would be infinitely enlarged , and that at the command of Omnipotence , it would make a quick tranfition to the angelic nature . > Mr. De FENELON . FOR fuch ...
... ftate of being , would be fuperfluous in another , that it's faculties would be infinitely enlarged , and that at the command of Omnipotence , it would make a quick tranfition to the angelic nature . > Mr. De FENELON . FOR fuch ...
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accuſtomed ADIEU affections againſt almoſt ALPHENOR amiable Archbishop of Cambray becauſe benevolent Bernier beſt confequences CONSTANTIA to THEODOSIUS converfation delightful diſgrace diſtinguiſh enjoyment enquiries enthuſiaſm eſteem EUDOCIA exerciſes faid fame Father fave favour feems FENELON fenfe fenfible fentiments fhade fhall fhould fince fincere firft flowery branch focial fociety folitude folly fome foon forrow foul friendſhip ftate ftill ftranger ftudies fubject fuch fuperior fure genius happineſs heart herſelf himſelf holy orders honour human inftruct intereſts itſelf kindneſs laft laſt leaſt letter live agreeably loſs Madam Madame Guyon ment mind moft MOPSUs moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obferve occafion paffions perfon philofophy pleaſed pleaſure poffibly purpoſe purſuit reaſon religion ſee ſenſe ſhall ſhe Simplicity ſome ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſuch tear tenderneſs thee thefe THEODOSIUS to CONSTANTIA theſe thofe thoſe thou tion truth underſtanding univerſe uſe VANITY vifit virtue weakneſs whofe whoſe worſhip yourſelf