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... " from new commotions . In civil affairs , it is true , " a change even for the better is suspected , through " fear of disturbance ; because these affairs depend 66 66 upon authority , consent , reputation , and PREFACE . xxix.
... " from new commotions . In civil affairs , it is true , " a change even for the better is suspected , through " fear of disturbance ; because these affairs depend 66 66 upon authority , consent , reputation , and PREFACE . xxix.
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... fear death , as children fear to go in to the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales , so is the other . Certainly , the contemp- lation of death , as the wages of sin , and passage to another world , is ...
... fear death , as children fear to go in to the dark ; and as that natural fear in children is increased with tales , so is the other . Certainly , the contemp- lation of death , as the wages of sin , and passage to another world , is ...
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... fear pre - occupateth Vit : nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain himself , pity ( which is the tenderest of affections ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion their sovereign , and as the truest sort of followers . Nay ...
... fear pre - occupateth Vit : nay , we read , after Otho the emperor had slain himself , pity ( which is the tenderest of affections ) provoked many to die out of mere compassion their sovereign , and as the truest sort of followers . Nay ...
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... fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes . We see in needle works and embroideries , it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground , than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a ...
... fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes . We see in needle works and embroideries , it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground , than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a ...
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... fears ; they cannot utter the one , nor they will not utter the other . Children sweeten labours , but they make misfortunes more bitter : they increase the cares of life , but they mitigate the remembrance of death . The perpetuity by ...
... fears ; they cannot utter the one , nor they will not utter the other . Children sweeten labours , but they make misfortunes more bitter : they increase the cares of life , but they mitigate the remembrance of death . The perpetuity by ...
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