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Page 177
... Virtue can stand without assistance , and considers herself as very little obliged by counte- nance and approbation : but vice , spiritless and timorous , seeks the shelter of crowds , and support of confederacy . The sycophant ...
... Virtue can stand without assistance , and considers herself as very little obliged by counte- nance and approbation : but vice , spiritless and timorous , seeks the shelter of crowds , and support of confederacy . The sycophant ...
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... virtue ; for it may be observed , that women who have outlived their husbands , always think themselves entitled to su- perintend the conduct of young wives ; and as they are themselves in no danger from the magnetic trial , I shall ...
... virtue ; for it may be observed , that women who have outlived their husbands , always think themselves entitled to su- perintend the conduct of young wives ; and as they are themselves in no danger from the magnetic trial , I shall ...
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... virtue , without which there can be no hope of honour or success , and which , as it is more or less cultivated , confers within its sphere of activity dif- ferent degrees of merit and reputation . As the astrologers range the ...
... virtue , without which there can be no hope of honour or success , and which , as it is more or less cultivated , confers within its sphere of activity dif- ferent degrees of merit and reputation . As the astrologers range the ...
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the Meanness of regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of | 3 |
the Meanness of regulating our Conduct by the Opinions of | 185 |
Anningait and Ajut a Greenland History | 186 |
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