The Phrenological Journal and Miscellany, 10. köideProprietors, 1837 |
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... circumstances are no more to be regarded as indicating habitual generosity , than the irritability found in the former case can justly be considered as a sign of permanent ill - nature . " Not always actions shew the man : we find Who ...
... circumstances are no more to be regarded as indicating habitual generosity , than the irritability found in the former case can justly be considered as a sign of permanent ill - nature . " Not always actions shew the man : we find Who ...
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... circumstances dislike rather than good - will might have existed . " A man and woman , " says Helvetius , " escaping shipwreck , save them- selves on a desert island ; where , having no hope of ever see- ing their native country , they ...
... circumstances dislike rather than good - will might have existed . " A man and woman , " says Helvetius , " escaping shipwreck , save them- selves on a desert island ; where , having no hope of ever see- ing their native country , they ...
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... circumstances in which this occupation is not in scine degree at his command ; and it is not cary to say , how much of happiness , and of that good humour which is no small part of morality , depends on the mere power of occurying ...
... circumstances in which this occupation is not in scine degree at his command ; and it is not cary to say , how much of happiness , and of that good humour which is no small part of morality , depends on the mere power of occurying ...
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... circumstances emulation deserves every particle of the displeasure with which so many writers have visited it . The evils to which it then leads are vividly depicted by Cowper , in adverting to the sources of the high reputation enjoyed ...
... circumstances emulation deserves every particle of the displeasure with which so many writers have visited it . The evils to which it then leads are vividly depicted by Cowper , in adverting to the sources of the high reputation enjoyed ...
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... circumstances , and with few sources of annoyance around him , but , on the contrary , many which furnish him with enjoyment , will ever be found to have a much sweeter temper than he who is poor , unhealthy , and miserable . I have ...
... circumstances , and with few sources of annoyance around him , but , on the contrary , many which furnish him with enjoyment , will ever be found to have a much sweeter temper than he who is poor , unhealthy , and miserable . I have ...
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