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... mind ; and the small remainder of life is taken up in useless efforts to keep off our end , or pro- vide for a continued existence . Strange contradiction in our nature , and to which even the wise are liable ! If I should judge of that ...
... mind ; and the small remainder of life is taken up in useless efforts to keep off our end , or pro- vide for a continued existence . Strange contradiction in our nature , and to which even the wise are liable ! If I should judge of that ...
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... mind long habituated to a certain set . of objects , insensibly becomes fond of secing them ; visits them from habit , and parts from them with re- luctance : hence proceeds the avarice of the oid in every kind of possession . They love ...
... mind long habituated to a certain set . of objects , insensibly becomes fond of secing them ; visits them from habit , and parts from them with re- luctance : hence proceeds the avarice of the oid in every kind of possession . They love ...
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... mind , but that of getting the cata- logue by heart . Does the mayor of a corporation make a speech ? he is instantly set down for a great man . Does a pe- dant digest his common place - book into a folio ? he quickly becomes great ...
... mind , but that of getting the cata- logue by heart . Does the mayor of a corporation make a speech ? he is instantly set down for a great man . Does a pe- dant digest his common place - book into a folio ? he quickly becomes great ...
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... mind , her beau- ty becomes more poignant ; she appears charming , even among the daughters of Circassia . Yet were I to examine her beauty with the art of a statuary , I should find numbers here that far surpass her ; Nature has not ...
... mind , her beau- ty becomes more poignant ; she appears charming , even among the daughters of Circassia . Yet were I to examine her beauty with the art of a statuary , I should find numbers here that far surpass her ; Nature has not ...
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... mind into her face , perhaps I should be for wishing to have more of her company . What signifies , replied my female , whether she has a mind or not , has she any occasion for mind , so formed as she is by Nature ? If she had a com ...
... mind into her face , perhaps I should be for wishing to have more of her company . What signifies , replied my female , whether she has a mind or not , has she any occasion for mind , so formed as she is by Nature ? If she had a com ...
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