Essays Upon Several Moral Subjects: Part III. ... By Jeremy Collier, M.A.George Strahan, 1720 - 108 pages |
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... must say no more about him . As to my Effay on Discontent , rough Accidents and Disappoint- ments in Life give fufficient occa- fion for that . And if any thing I have faid prevails upon the Con- duct , and proves ferviceable to the ...
... must say no more about him . As to my Effay on Discontent , rough Accidents and Disappoint- ments in Life give fufficient occa- fion for that . And if any thing I have faid prevails upon the Con- duct , and proves ferviceable to the ...
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... must not expect to be impregnable in this World . 0 However we have no reason to com- plain of the Rigours of Providence , for Life has generally an apparent Over- balance of Advantage . And upon a Computation we fhall find the Total of ...
... must not expect to be impregnable in this World . 0 However we have no reason to com- plain of the Rigours of Providence , for Life has generally an apparent Over- balance of Advantage . And upon a Computation we fhall find the Total of ...
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... must be fomewhat turn'd in old Age ? The Sight and Hearing , the Taste , and the Smelling , dwindle and decay by the length of Time , and why then fhould we fuppofe the Touch continues entire and undifabled ? Are we only lafting in the ...
... must be fomewhat turn'd in old Age ? The Sight and Hearing , the Taste , and the Smelling , dwindle and decay by the length of Time , and why then fhould we fuppofe the Touch continues entire and undifabled ? Are we only lafting in the ...
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... plies the Stoick Philofopher , that Vir- tue is of it felf a fufficient Fund for Happiness ; but fince you prefs me I must add , that Pain is one of those Guests that B 4 that ought to be refused Admiffion , and fent packing upon PAIN . 7.
... plies the Stoick Philofopher , that Vir- tue is of it felf a fufficient Fund for Happiness ; but fince you prefs me I must add , that Pain is one of those Guests that B 4 that ought to be refused Admiffion , and fent packing upon PAIN . 7.
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... troublesome , and yet to deny it to be an ill Accident , is mere Foppery and Canting . It must be granted then , that Pain is a great Incumbrance upon Happiness , but but that ' tis the worst thing that can happen upon PAIN . 9.
... troublesome , and yet to deny it to be an ill Accident , is mere Foppery and Canting . It must be granted then , that Pain is a great Incumbrance upon Happiness , but but that ' tis the worst thing that can happen upon PAIN . 9.
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