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Courteous Reader , I have heard , that nothing gives an author so great pleasure
, as to find his works respectfully quoted by others . Judge , then , how much I
must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you . I stopped my
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Courteous Reader , I have heard , that nothing gives an author so great pleasure
, as to find his works respectfully quoted by others . Judge , then , how much I
must have been gratified by an incident I am going to relate to you . I stopped my
...
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Many , but to without labour , would live by their wits only , but Our in they break
for want of stock ; " whereas industry gives if he comfort , and plenty , and respect
. “ Fly pleasures , and they will follow you . The diligent spinner has agroas a ...
Many , but to without labour , would live by their wits only , but Our in they break
for want of stock ; " whereas industry gives if he comfort , and plenty , and respect
. “ Fly pleasures , and they will follow you . The diligent spinner has agroas a ...
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Your creditor has authority , at his pleasure , to deprive you of your liberty , by
confining you in gaol for life , or by selling you for a servant , if you should not be
able to pay him . When you have got your bargain , you may , perhaps , ' think
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Your creditor has authority , at his pleasure , to deprive you of your liberty , by
confining you in gaol for life , or by selling you for a servant , if you should not be
able to pay him . When you have got your bargain , you may , perhaps , ' think
litcle ...
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Life would be insupportable to an old man , who , loaded with infirmities , feared
death no more than when in the vigour of manhood : the numberless calamities
of de caying Nature , and the consciousness of surviving every pleasure.
Life would be insupportable to an old man , who , loaded with infirmities , feared
death no more than when in the vigour of manhood : the numberless calamities
of de caying Nature , and the consciousness of surviving every pleasure.
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caying Nature , and the consciousness of surviving every pleasure , would , at
once induce him , with his own hand , to terminate the scene of misery : but ,
happily , the contempt of death forsakes him at a time when it could only be
prejudicial ...
caying Nature , and the consciousness of surviving every pleasure , would , at
once induce him , with his own hand , to terminate the scene of misery : but ,
happily , the contempt of death forsakes him at a time when it could only be
prejudicial ...
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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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