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... happiness , Sterne , 268 5. On the death of Christ , Blair , 271 SECTION II . ELOQUENCE OF THE SENATE . 1. Speech of the Earl of Chesterfield , 2 . Lord Mansfield , SECTION III . ELOQUENCE OF THE BAR . 1. Pleadings of Cicero against ...
... happiness , Sterne , 268 5. On the death of Christ , Blair , 271 SECTION II . ELOQUENCE OF THE SENATE . 1. Speech of the Earl of Chesterfield , 2 . Lord Mansfield , SECTION III . ELOQUENCE OF THE BAR . 1. Pleadings of Cicero against ...
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... happiness , he spreads his arms , and looks benevolent . If he threatens the vengeance of heaven against vice , he bends his eyebrow into wrath , and menaces with his arm and countenance . He does not needlessly saw the air with Eis arm ...
... happiness , he spreads his arms , and looks benevolent . If he threatens the vengeance of heaven against vice , he bends his eyebrow into wrath , and menaces with his arm and countenance . He does not needlessly saw the air with Eis arm ...
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... happiness and know by experience , what my enjoyments are , of which you have so high an idea ? " Dam- ocles gladly accepted the offer . Upon which the king 64 [ PART I. LESSONS Dionysius and Damocles, ib Remarkable instance of ...
... happiness and know by experience , what my enjoyments are , of which you have so high an idea ? " Dam- ocles gladly accepted the offer . Upon which the king 64 [ PART I. LESSONS Dionysius and Damocles, ib Remarkable instance of ...
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... happiness , he sees let down from the roof , exactly over his neck , as he lay indulging himself in state , a glittering sword , hung by a single hair . The sight of destruction , thus threatening him from on high , soon put a stop to ...
... happiness , he sees let down from the roof , exactly over his neck , as he lay indulging himself in state , a glittering sword , hung by a single hair . The sight of destruction , thus threatening him from on high , soon put a stop to ...
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... Happiness ; but my enemies , and those who would in- jure my reputation , have given me the name of Pleasure . " By this time the other lady was come up , who addressed herself to the young here in a very different manner . " Hercules ...
... Happiness ; but my enemies , and those who would in- jure my reputation , have given me the name of Pleasure . " By this time the other lady was come up , who addressed herself to the young here in a very different manner . " Hercules ...
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