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... not marry - Fuller . : AFFLICTION . - Affliction is a school of virtue it corrects levity , and interrupts the confidence of sinning . - Atterbury . AFFLICTION , HOW TO BE RECEIVED . - We should THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 15.
... not marry - Fuller . : AFFLICTION . - Affliction is a school of virtue it corrects levity , and interrupts the confidence of sinning . - Atterbury . AFFLICTION , HOW TO BE RECEIVED . - We should THE WORLD'S LACONICS . 15.
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... RECEIVED . - We should feel sor row , but not sink under its oppression ; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror , which reflects every object without being sullied by any . - Confucius . AFFLICTION , ITS EFFECT . - As ...
... RECEIVED . - We should feel sor row , but not sink under its oppression ; the heart of a wise man should resemble a mirror , which reflects every object without being sullied by any . - Confucius . AFFLICTION , ITS EFFECT . - As ...
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... receiving pleasures , nor sensible of doing them to oth- ers . - Sir W. Temple . AGE , OLD , SHOULD BE VIRTUOUS ... receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground , in a kind of continual miracle , wrought by the hand of God ...
... receiving pleasures , nor sensible of doing them to oth- ers . - Sir W. Temple . AGE , OLD , SHOULD BE VIRTUOUS ... receives a real increase of the seed thrown into the ground , in a kind of continual miracle , wrought by the hand of God ...
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... receive a very happy turn ; and , if it were rightly directed , contrib- ute as much to a person's advantage , as it generally does to his uneasiness and disquiet . - Addison . AMBITION , ITS BASENESS . - Ambition often puts men 18 THE ...
... receive a very happy turn ; and , if it were rightly directed , contrib- ute as much to a person's advantage , as it generally does to his uneasiness and disquiet . - Addison . AMBITION , ITS BASENESS . - Ambition often puts men 18 THE ...
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... . BENEVOLENCE . He who receives a good turn should never forget it : he who does one , should never remember it . → Charron . BENEVOLENCE AND GRATITUDE.It is another's fault if he be ungrateful 26 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
... . BENEVOLENCE . He who receives a good turn should never forget it : he who does one , should never remember it . → Charron . BENEVOLENCE AND GRATITUDE.It is another's fault if he be ungrateful 26 THE WORLD'S LACONICS .
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