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Page 84
... present . If the senses were feasted with perpetual pleasure , they would always keep the mind in subjection . Reason has no authority over us , but by its power to warn us against evil . There are really two alternative explanations ...
... present . If the senses were feasted with perpetual pleasure , they would always keep the mind in subjection . Reason has no authority over us , but by its power to warn us against evil . There are really two alternative explanations ...
Page 86
... present . Worldly concerns , he concludes , ' chain down the mind ... to the present scene ; nor is it remembered how soon this mist of trifles must be scattered , and the bubbles that float upon the rivulet of life be lost for ever in ...
... present . Worldly concerns , he concludes , ' chain down the mind ... to the present scene ; nor is it remembered how soon this mist of trifles must be scattered , and the bubbles that float upon the rivulet of life be lost for ever in ...
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... present system of things . ' The prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less as he heard him longer . He therefore bowed and was silent ; and the philosopher , supposing him satisfied , and the rest ...
... present system of things . ' The prince soon found that this was one of the sages whom he should understand less as he heard him longer . He therefore bowed and was silent ; and the philosopher , supposing him satisfied , and the rest ...
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surly virtue and pleasing dream | 4 |
The Vanity of Human Wishes | 42 |
those that aspire to the name | 57 |
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