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... mind , and gather ing round him , he proceeded as follows * : 6 * Dr. Franklin , wishing to collect into one piece , all the sayings upon the following subjects , which he had dropped in the course of publishing the Almanacks , called ...
... mind , and gather ing round him , he proceeded as follows * : 6 * Dr. Franklin , wishing to collect into one piece , all the sayings upon the following subjects , which he had dropped in the course of publishing the Almanacks , called ...
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... mind , the term , which at first seemed so long , will , as it lessens , appear ex- tremely short : time will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders . " Those have a short Lent , who owe money to be paid at ...
... mind , the term , which at first seemed so long , will , as it lessens , appear ex- tremely short : time will seem to have added wings to his heels as well as his shoulders . " Those have a short Lent , who owe money to be paid at ...
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... mind ; and the small remainder of life is taken up in useless efforts to keep off our end , or pro- vide for a continued existence . Strange con- tradiction in our nature , and to which even the wise are liable ! If I should judge of ...
... mind ; and the small remainder of life is taken up in useless efforts to keep off our end , or pro- vide for a continued existence . Strange con- tradiction in our nature , and to which even the wise are liable ! If I should judge of ...
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... mind long habituated to a cer tain set of objects , insensibly becomes fond of seeing them ; visits them from habit , and parts from them with reluctance : from hence proceeds the avarice of the old in every kind of possession . They ...
... mind long habituated to a cer tain set of objects , insensibly becomes fond of seeing them ; visits them from habit , and parts from them with reluctance : from hence proceeds the avarice of the old in every kind of possession . They ...
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... are your studies . If I was young , and had leisure , I would acquire a more extensive knowledge of Geom- etry . I have always cherished that science with a par- * Melebranche . ticular predilection . My turn of mind made me seek 1.
... are your studies . If I was young , and had leisure , I would acquire a more extensive knowledge of Geom- etry . I have always cherished that science with a par- * Melebranche . ticular predilection . My turn of mind made me seek 1.
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Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Hugh Blair,Rollin,Thomas Percival No preview available - 2016 |
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Almanack animal without feathers animating some happier ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD appears ard says aspiring disposition auction beauteous feathers burst the prison callow infancy Chinvang creditor diligence disposition and unbounded distress dress EDWARD PERCIVAL ENDEARED BY AGE ENJOYMENTS OF EARLY EPITAPH Father Abraham fledged pinions folly fool FRENCH OF GANGANELLI friends frugality GOLDSMITH grated prison happier form happy Elysium harmonious sorrow hath health to enjoy heap of beauteous heard to petition hope for retribution hope of animating humour idle indignant soul burst innocence can hope keep left a lifeless legged animal lifeless heap live Mathematician Mathematics mour ness never oft-removed person of unblemished philosophy pitiless hands pleasure Poor Dick Poor Rich Poor Richard says pride purse RICHARD ACANTHUS RICHARD SAUNDERS rough and pitiless run in debt Sloth sure thee thing thou tired with fruitless unalienable rights undoubted charter view those fields violent clamours WEALTH