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... ment , when he learnt that we were beings not designed to exist in this world above threescore and ten years ; and that the greatest part of this busy species fall short even of that age ! How would he be lost in horror and admiration ...
... ment , when he learnt that we were beings not designed to exist in this world above threescore and ten years ; and that the greatest part of this busy species fall short even of that age ! How would he be lost in horror and admiration ...
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... ment and perplexity , of danger and ha- zard in it ; it is the shortest and nearest way to our end , carrying us thither in a straight line , and will hold out and last long- est . The arts of deceit and cunning do continually grow ...
... ment and perplexity , of danger and ha- zard in it ; it is the shortest and nearest way to our end , carrying us thither in a straight line , and will hold out and last long- est . The arts of deceit and cunning do continually grow ...
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... ment ; and the old , when they offer their admonition , are upbraided with having forgot that they once were young . And yet , my friends , to what do the constraints of religion , and the counsels of age , with respect to pleasure ...
... ment ; and the old , when they offer their admonition , are upbraided with having forgot that they once were young . And yet , my friends , to what do the constraints of religion , and the counsels of age , with respect to pleasure ...
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... ment proves , among all ranks of men , the most dangerous foe to order : for it tends incessantly to usurp and encroach , to widen its territories , to thrust itself into the place of more important concerns , and thereby to disturb and ...
... ment proves , among all ranks of men , the most dangerous foe to order : for it tends incessantly to usurp and encroach , to widen its territories , to thrust itself into the place of more important concerns , and thereby to disturb and ...
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... ment will shortly become a serious business , and in the end may prove the burden of life . Most of our passions flatter us in their rise , but their beginnings are trea- cherous : their growth is imperceptible ; and the evils which ...
... ment will shortly become a serious business , and in the end may prove the burden of life . Most of our passions flatter us in their rise , but their beginnings are trea- cherous : their growth is imperceptible ; and the evils which ...
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