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... desire of immediate renown , and keep his work nine years unpublished , he will be still the author , and still in danger of deceiving himself ; and if he consults his friends , he will pro- bably find men who have more kindness than ...
... desire of immediate renown , and keep his work nine years unpublished , he will be still the author , and still in danger of deceiving himself ; and if he consults his friends , he will pro- bably find men who have more kindness than ...
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... desire him to look over my first book , because , if he did , it would have the air of double - dealing . ' I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to publish his translation ; that he certainly ...
... desire him to look over my first book , because , if he did , it would have the air of double - dealing . ' I assured him that I did not at all take it ill of Mr. Tickell that he was going to publish his translation ; that he certainly ...
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... desire of artificial good . No man therefore can be born , in the strict acceptation , a lover of money ; for he may be born where money does not exist : nor can he be born , in a moral sense , a lover of his country ; for society ...
... desire of artificial good . No man therefore can be born , in the strict acceptation , a lover of money ; for he may be born where money does not exist : nor can he be born , in a moral sense , a lover of his country ; for society ...
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