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Page 86
... Labour , Sickness , Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , with others ; Faith . Hope . Charity . Moses . The Persons . Divine Justice , Widsom , Heavenly Love . The Evening Star , Hesperus . Chorus of Angels . Lucifer . Adam . Eve ...
... Labour , Sickness , Discontent , Mutes . Ignorance , with others ; Faith . Hope . Charity . Moses . The Persons . Divine Justice , Widsom , Heavenly Love . The Evening Star , Hesperus . Chorus of Angels . Lucifer . Adam . Eve ...
Page 144
... labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active and comprehensive mind . I am informed by Mr. Thyer of Manchester , the ...
... labour . To accumulate such a mass of sentiments at the call of accidental desire , or of sudden necessity , is beyond the reach and power of the most active and comprehensive mind . I am informed by Mr. Thyer of Manchester , the ...
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... labour ; for of labour , notwithstanding the multiplicity of his productions , there is sufficient reason to suspect that he was not a lover . To write con amore , with fondness for the employment , with perpetual touches and retouches ...
... labour ; for of labour , notwithstanding the multiplicity of his productions , there is sufficient reason to suspect that he was not a lover . To write con amore , with fondness for the employment , with perpetual touches and retouches ...
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