The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison, Volume 4Bohn, 1854 |
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... ourselves in our sleeps , and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul . It is the ligation of sense , but the liberty of reason ; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps . At my nativity ...
... ourselves in our sleeps , and the slumber of the body seems to be but the waking of the soul . It is the ligation of sense , but the liberty of reason ; and our waking conceptions do not match the fancies of our sleeps . At my nativity ...
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... ourselves with discourses of this nature , in order to pass away the evening , which now begins to grow tedious , we fell into that laudable and primitive diversion of questions and commands . I was so sooner vested with the regal au ...
... ourselves with discourses of this nature , in order to pass away the evening , which now begins to grow tedious , we fell into that laudable and primitive diversion of questions and commands . I was so sooner vested with the regal au ...
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... ourselves . We peruse the author for the sake of the story , and consider the precepts rather as our own conclusions , than his instructions . The moral insinuates itself impercep- tibly , we are taught by surprise , and become wiser ...
... ourselves . We peruse the author for the sake of the story , and consider the precepts rather as our own conclusions , than his instructions . The moral insinuates itself impercep- tibly , we are taught by surprise , and become wiser ...
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... ourselves , got the ideas of existence and duration , of know- ledge and power , of pleasure and happiness , and of several other qualities and powers , which it is better to have than to be without ; when we would frame an idea the ...
... ourselves , got the ideas of existence and duration , of know- ledge and power , of pleasure and happiness , and of several other qualities and powers , which it is better to have than to be without ; when we would frame an idea the ...
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... ourselves before him , in the contemplation of our own worthlessness , and of his transcendent excellency and perfection . This would im- print in our minds such a constant and uninterrupted awe and veneration as that which I am here ...
... ourselves before him , in the contemplation of our own worthlessness , and of his transcendent excellency and perfection . This would im- print in our minds such a constant and uninterrupted awe and veneration as that which I am here ...
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