Essays and LettersBartow, 1821 - American essays |
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... Nature , the mother of us all . Phil . I find , Horatio , my two characters have af- frighted you ; so that you decline the trial of what is good by reason , and had rather make a bold attack upon Providence ; the usual way of you ...
... Nature , the mother of us all . Phil . I find , Horatio , my two characters have af- frighted you ; so that you decline the trial of what is good by reason , and had rather make a bold attack upon Providence ; the usual way of you ...
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... nature of things . The founda tion of all virtue and happiness is thinking rightly . He who sees an action is right ... nature , read your own nature , and view the relation which other men stand in to you , and you to them , and you ...
... nature of things . The founda tion of all virtue and happiness is thinking rightly . He who sees an action is right ... nature , read your own nature , and view the relation which other men stand in to you , and you to them , and you ...
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... nature has rendered our bodies fit for it , the presumption is in nature's favour , that she has not judged amiss in making us desire it . Late marriages are often attended , too , with this farther inconve- nience , that there is not ...
... nature has rendered our bodies fit for it , the presumption is in nature's favour , that she has not judged amiss in making us desire it . Late marriages are often attended , too , with this farther inconve- nience , that there is not ...
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On the criminal laws and the practice of privateering | 51 |
A dialogue between Great Britain France Spain | 107 |
The internal state of America being a true descrip | 121 |
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