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... mankind , an experience very different from what the open and generous soul of youth had fondly dreamt of , has rendered the heart almost inaccessible to new friendships . The principal sources of activity are taken away , when they for ...
... mankind , an experience very different from what the open and generous soul of youth had fondly dreamt of , has rendered the heart almost inaccessible to new friendships . The principal sources of activity are taken away , when they for ...
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... mankind so frail , so blind , so far departed from the rules of virtue ? 1 Dem . I am excited to laughter , when I ... mankind include , not only mankind in general , but the 84 Part 1 . THE ENGLISH READER . CHAPTER VII Dialogues ...
... mankind so frail , so blind , so far departed from the rules of virtue ? 1 Dem . I am excited to laughter , when I ... mankind include , not only mankind in general , but the 84 Part 1 . THE ENGLISH READER . CHAPTER VII Dialogues ...
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... mankind , that one may have the con- venience of thinking that one knows something . I find that the eyes which nature has given me , see many things very clearly , though some are out of their reach , or discerned but dimly . What ...
... mankind , that one may have the con- venience of thinking that one knows something . I find that the eyes which nature has given me , see many things very clearly , though some are out of their reach , or discerned but dimly . What ...
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of future felicity | 80 |
Cicero against Verres | 91 |
An address to young persons | 100 |
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