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... Mind , 80 LOUNGER , LOWNDES On Medical Electricity , 369 240 LOTTERY , Guide to , 169 Luc , M. de , his Thoughts on Meteorology , Vol . 11. 116 LUCINDA Ofburn , LUMLEY House , a Novel , MG 246 162 410 ' GAURAN , Major , Me- moirs of ...
... Mind , 80 LOUNGER , LOWNDES On Medical Electricity , 369 240 LOTTERY , Guide to , 169 Luc , M. de , his Thoughts on Meteorology , Vol . 11. 116 LUCINDA Ofburn , LUMLEY House , a Novel , MG 246 162 410 ' GAURAN , Major , Me- moirs of ...
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kindness and hofpitality . Minds fo well afforted as thofe of Mofes and Jethro ; and attracted to each other by mutual ... mind to perfonal accomplishments , but more efpecially to generofity and courage , on the one hand ; and the ir ...
kindness and hofpitality . Minds fo well afforted as thofe of Mofes and Jethro ; and attracted to each other by mutual ... mind to perfonal accomplishments , but more efpecially to generofity and courage , on the one hand ; and the ir ...
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... mind , both on account of their correfpondence with the natural dictates of the human heart , and on account of the ele- gant and nervous manner in which they are commonly ex- preffed . In this view , the writings of Seneca have been ...
... mind , both on account of their correfpondence with the natural dictates of the human heart , and on account of the ele- gant and nervous manner in which they are commonly ex- preffed . In this view , the writings of Seneca have been ...
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... mind is all goodness ; up- right , and noble , trampling upon what the world holds in admira- tion ; who fees no one , with whom he would change condition ; who reckons a man happy , only in that he preferves the dignity of man ; who ...
... mind is all goodness ; up- right , and noble , trampling upon what the world holds in admira- tion ; who fees no one , with whom he would change condition ; who reckons a man happy , only in that he preferves the dignity of man ; who ...
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... mind and all my foul f . Nothing can befal me that I will re- ceive , Life will fill outrun us ] -Life fpeeds away , From point to point , tho ' feeming to stand ftill ; The cunning fugitive is fwift by ftealth : Too fubtle is the ...
... mind and all my foul f . Nothing can befal me that I will re- ceive , Life will fill outrun us ] -Life fpeeds away , From point to point , tho ' feeming to stand ftill ; The cunning fugitive is fwift by ftealth : Too fubtle is the ...
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