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Page 59
... leave both riches and power where it finds them and must often leave riches with the covetous , and power with the cruel . Convenience may be a rule in little things , where no other rule has been estab- lished . But as the great end of ...
... leave both riches and power where it finds them and must often leave riches with the covetous , and power with the cruel . Convenience may be a rule in little things , where no other rule has been estab- lished . But as the great end of ...
Page 70
... leave of him . The jealousy and envy which , though possessed of many most amiable qualities , he frankly avowed , broke out violently at this interview . Upon another occasion , when Goldsmith confessed himself to be of an envious ...
... leave of him . The jealousy and envy which , though possessed of many most amiable qualities , he frankly avowed , broke out violently at this interview . Upon another occasion , when Goldsmith confessed himself to be of an envious ...
Page 181
... leave sartum tectum to posterity , what we have without any merit of our own received from our ancestors , should not choice and free- will be kept unviolated ? Is land to be treated with more reverence than liberty ? -If this ...
... leave sartum tectum to posterity , what we have without any merit of our own received from our ancestors , should not choice and free- will be kept unviolated ? Is land to be treated with more reverence than liberty ? -If this ...
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