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Page 192
... circumstances , and in the same proportion . The generality of sensual pleasures are deceitful ; that is , they promise more than they perform ; they but seldom come up to our expectations ; they excite agreeable sensations within us ...
... circumstances , and in the same proportion . The generality of sensual pleasures are deceitful ; that is , they promise more than they perform ; they but seldom come up to our expectations ; they excite agreeable sensations within us ...
Page 225
... circumstances ; ge- neral readers blame the author for having been too diffuse ; and those who are connected with particular places censure him for omissions . - The usual judgment and address of Mr. Warner do not forsake him amid these ...
... circumstances ; ge- neral readers blame the author for having been too diffuse ; and those who are connected with particular places censure him for omissions . - The usual judgment and address of Mr. Warner do not forsake him amid these ...
Page 298
... circumstances and general happiness of the community . The subject of the last Essay is Longevity . Sir John wishes not to argue himself out of humour with Life ; he does not , like Juvenal , draw a most gloomy picture of Old Age , and ...
... circumstances and general happiness of the community . The subject of the last Essay is Longevity . Sir John wishes not to argue himself out of humour with Life ; he does not , like Juvenal , draw a most gloomy picture of Old Age , and ...
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