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61 IFE , ' says Seneca , “ is a voyage , in the progress L of which we are
perpetually changing our scenes : We first leave childhood behind us , then youth
, then the years of ripened manhood , then the better or more pleasing part of old
- age .
61 IFE , ' says Seneca , “ is a voyage , in the progress L of which we are
perpetually changing our scenes : We first leave childhood behind us , then youth
, then the years of ripened manhood , then the better or more pleasing part of old
- age .
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... at first appears , how submisfive ought we to be to the disposal of Providence "
! How temperate in our desires and pursuits ! How much more attentive to
preserve our virtue , and to improve our minds , than to gain the doubtful and
equivocal ...
... at first appears , how submisfive ought we to be to the disposal of Providence "
! How temperate in our desires and pursuits ! How much more attentive to
preserve our virtue , and to improve our minds , than to gain the doubtful and
equivocal ...
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... our children are bred up ; and one of the first pleasures we allow them is , the
licence of inflicting pain upon poor animals : Almost as soon as we are sensible
what life . is ourselves , we make it our sport to take it from other creatures .
... our children are bred up ; and one of the first pleasures we allow them is , the
licence of inflicting pain upon poor animals : Almost as soon as we are sensible
what life . is ourselves , we make it our sport to take it from other creatures .
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We pity their misfortune , but in the first part of their progress we do not usually
accuse them of dishonesty . But the habit of incurring debt , though in the earlier
periods of life it may originate in thoughtlessness , com . monly leads to a crime ...
We pity their misfortune , but in the first part of their progress we do not usually
accuse them of dishonesty . But the habit of incurring debt , though in the earlier
periods of life it may originate in thoughtlessness , com . monly leads to a crime ...
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... greatly to destroy all the susceptible delicacy with which nature usually
furnishes the heart ; and , in the general extinction of our better qualities , it is no
wonder that so pure a sentiment as that of piety should be one of the first to
expire .
... greatly to destroy all the susceptible delicacy with which nature usually
furnishes the heart ; and , in the general extinction of our better qualities , it is no
wonder that so pure a sentiment as that of piety should be one of the first to
expire .
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