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... success of his new scheme , and wonders at the folly or idleness of former ages , who have lived in want of what might so readily be procured , and suffered themselves to be debarred from happiness by obstacles which one united effort ...
... success of his new scheme , and wonders at the folly or idleness of former ages , who have lived in want of what might so readily be procured , and suffered themselves to be debarred from happiness by obstacles which one united effort ...
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... success , than the infamy of their miscarriages : for I cannot conceive , why he that has burnt cities , wasted nations , and filled the world with horrour and desolation , should be more kindly regarded by mankind , than he that died ...
... success , than the infamy of their miscarriages : for I cannot conceive , why he that has burnt cities , wasted nations , and filled the world with horrour and desolation , should be more kindly regarded by mankind , than he that died ...
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... success . Misfortune , indeed , he may yet feel ; for where is the bottom of the misery of man ? But what is success to him that has none to enjoy it ? Happiness is not found in self- contemplation ; it is perceived only when it is ...
... success . Misfortune , indeed , he may yet feel ; for where is the bottom of the misery of man ? But what is success to him that has none to enjoy it ? Happiness is not found in self- contemplation ; it is perceived only when it is ...
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Religious Progress | 3 |
Harry Hervey | 9 |
The Use of Catalogues 16 66 | 16 |
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