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... fear to go in the dark , will sing for fear - Pope . AUTHORITY . Nothing more impairs authority than a too frequent or indiscreet use of it . If thunder itself was to be continual , it would excite no more terror than the noise of a ...
... fear to go in the dark , will sing for fear - Pope . AUTHORITY . Nothing more impairs authority than a too frequent or indiscreet use of it . If thunder itself was to be continual , it would excite no more terror than the noise of a ...
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... draw that way . Every fear and hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs , will appear rather to resist the decrees of Providence itself , than the mere 36 THE WORLD'S LACONICS ..
... draw that way . Every fear and hope will forward it ; and then they who persist in opposing this mighty current in human affairs , will appear rather to resist the decrees of Providence itself , than the mere 36 THE WORLD'S LACONICS ..
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... fear and sorrow , real pov- erty . — Hume . - CHEERFULNESS AND MIRTH.- -Cheerfulness is always to be kept up if a man is out of pain ; but mirth , to a prudent man , should always be accidental . It should naturally arise out of the ...
... fear and sorrow , real pov- erty . — Hume . - CHEERFULNESS AND MIRTH.- -Cheerfulness is always to be kept up if a man is out of pain ; but mirth , to a prudent man , should always be accidental . It should naturally arise out of the ...
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... fear , suspicion , sorrow , discontent , with more of gall than honey in their enjoyments , who are rather pos- sessed by their money than possessors of it ; mancipati pecuniis , bound ' prentices to their property ; and , serv ...
... fear , suspicion , sorrow , discontent , with more of gall than honey in their enjoyments , who are rather pos- sessed by their money than possessors of it ; mancipati pecuniis , bound ' prentices to their property ; and , serv ...
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... fear death which is the neces- sary passage thereto . - Sir H. Vane . DEATH , WHEN NEAR . - A good man , when dying , once said , Formerly death appeared to me like a wide river , but now it has dwindled to a little rill ; and my ...
... fear death which is the neces- sary passage thereto . - Sir H. Vane . DEATH , WHEN NEAR . - A good man , when dying , once said , Formerly death appeared to me like a wide river , but now it has dwindled to a little rill ; and my ...
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