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... means and authority ; her birth , virtue , want and simplicity , doth make me thus bold , humbly to beseech your Majesty to take this knowledge of her , though it be from one so unworthy to be the reporter , as myself , her husband's ...
... means and authority ; her birth , virtue , want and simplicity , doth make me thus bold , humbly to beseech your Majesty to take this knowledge of her , though it be from one so unworthy to be the reporter , as myself , her husband's ...
Page 329
... means to direct their activity for attaining pleasure and avoiding pain , but moreover chiefly and ultimately as a great means and engine for the promoting of moral good , i.e. , for the securing and engaging them to virtue in obedi ...
... means to direct their activity for attaining pleasure and avoiding pain , but moreover chiefly and ultimately as a great means and engine for the promoting of moral good , i.e. , for the securing and engaging them to virtue in obedi ...
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... means of producing it . And here our limits forbid us to enlarge ; yet we cannot pass it over in silence . A primary and essential means of the improvement of our literature is , that , as a people , we should feel its value , should ...
... means of producing it . And here our limits forbid us to enlarge ; yet we cannot pass it over in silence . A primary and essential means of the improvement of our literature is , that , as a people , we should feel its value , should ...
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