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... fear as well as their ambition ; and are to be looked upon with more indulgence , as they are incited at once by the two great movers of the human mind , the defire of good , and the fear of evil : for who can wonder that , allured on ...
... fear as well as their ambition ; and are to be looked upon with more indulgence , as they are incited at once by the two great movers of the human mind , the defire of good , and the fear of evil : for who can wonder that , allured on ...
Pagina 5
... fears to be loft of an extenfive plan , in a complicated fyftem , may yet hope to adjust a few pages without ... fear to lay out too much time upon an experiment of which he knows not the event , perfuades himself that a few days ...
... fears to be loft of an extenfive plan , in a complicated fyftem , may yet hope to adjust a few pages without ... fear to lay out too much time upon an experiment of which he knows not the event , perfuades himself that a few days ...
Pagina 6
... fear , and allurements of de- fire . The end , therefore , which at prefent calls forth our efforts , will be found , when it is once gained , to be only one of the means to fome remoter end . The natural flights of the human mind are ...
... fear , and allurements of de- fire . The end , therefore , which at prefent calls forth our efforts , will be found , when it is once gained , to be only one of the means to fome remoter end . The natural flights of the human mind are ...
Pagina 7
... fear . I nunc , et verfus tecum meditare canoros . Go now , and meditate thy tuneful lays . ELPHINSTON . It may not be unfit for him who makes a new entrance into the lettered world , fo far to fufpect his own powers , as to believe ...
... fear . I nunc , et verfus tecum meditare canoros . Go now , and meditate thy tuneful lays . ELPHINSTON . It may not be unfit for him who makes a new entrance into the lettered world , fo far to fufpect his own powers , as to believe ...
Pagina 9
... fear of using improperly the fceptre of Justice , referred the caufe to be confidered by Time . The proceedings of Time , though very dilatory , were , fome few caprices except- ed , conformable to juftice : and many who thought ...
... fear of using improperly the fceptre of Justice , referred the caufe to be confidered by Time . The proceedings of Time , though very dilatory , were , fome few caprices except- ed , conformable to juftice : and many who thought ...
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