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It cannot promote health , nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the
person , it creates envy , it hastens misfortune . But what madness must it be to
run in debt for these superfluities ? We are offered , by the terms of this sale , six ...
It cannot promote health , nor ease pain ; it makes no increase of merit in the
person , it creates envy , it hastens misfortune . But what madness must it be to
run in debt for these superfluities ? We are offered , by the terms of this sale , six ...
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GOLDSMITH , Age , that lessens the enjoyment of life , increases our desire of
living . ... Our caution increasing as our years increase , fear becomes at last the
prevailing passion of the mind ; and the small remainder of life is taken up in ...
GOLDSMITH , Age , that lessens the enjoyment of life , increases our desire of
living . ... Our caution increasing as our years increase , fear becomes at last the
prevailing passion of the mind ; and the small remainder of life is taken up in ...
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Our attachment to every object around us increases , in general , from the length
of our acquaintance with it . I would not chuse , ' says a French philosopher , . to
see an old post pulled up , with which I had been • long acquainted . ' ' A mind ...
Our attachment to every object around us increases , in general , from the length
of our acquaintance with it . I would not chuse , ' says a French philosopher , . to
see an old post pulled up , with which I had been • long acquainted . ' ' A mind ...
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We are habituated to the prison ; we look round with discontent , are displeased
with the abode , and yet the length of our captivity only increases our fondness for
the cell . The irees we have planted , the houses we have built , or the posterity ...
We are habituated to the prison ; we look round with discontent , are displeased
with the abode , and yet the length of our captivity only increases our fondness for
the cell . The irees we have planted , the houses we have built , or the posterity ...
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| Title | Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young |
| Publisher | G. Nicholson, 1796 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 20 pages |
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