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Nothing more engages the affections of men , than a handsome address , and
graceful conversation . Complaisance renders a superior amiable , an equal
agreeable , and an inferior acceptable . Excess of ceremony shews want of
breeding .
Nothing more engages the affections of men , than a handsome address , and
graceful conversation . Complaisance renders a superior amiable , an equal
agreeable , and an inferior acceptable . Excess of ceremony shews want of
breeding .
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... peal Crush'd horrible , convulsing heaven and earth . Guilt hears appalled with
deeply troubled thought : And yet not always on the guilty head Descends the
fated flash . Young CeLADON And bis AMELIA were a niatchless pair ; With
equal ...
... peal Crush'd horrible , convulsing heaven and earth . Guilt hears appalled with
deeply troubled thought : And yet not always on the guilty head Descends the
fated flash . Young CeLADON And bis AMELIA were a niatchless pair ; With
equal ...
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Heav'n to mankind impartial we confess , If all are equal in their Happiness : But
mutual wants this Happiness increase ; All Nature's diff'rence keeps all Nature's
peace . Condition , circumstance , is not the thing ; Bliss is the same in subject or
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Heav'n to mankind impartial we confess , If all are equal in their Happiness : But
mutual wants this Happiness increase ; All Nature's diff'rence keeps all Nature's
peace . Condition , circumstance , is not the thing ; Bliss is the same in subject or
...
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... in vain we hope The tender plant should rear its blooming head , Or yield the
harvest promis'd in its spring , Nor yet will every soil with equal stores Repay the
tiller's labour ; or attend His will , obsequious , whether to produce The olive or
the ...
... in vain we hope The tender plant should rear its blooming head , Or yield the
harvest promis'd in its spring , Nor yet will every soil with equal stores Repay the
tiller's labour ; or attend His will , obsequious , whether to produce The olive or
the ...
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This , Sir , would , in my opinion be our misfortune , if our parliaments were either
annual or triennial : by such frequent elections , there would be so much power
thrown into the hands of the people , as would destroy that equal mixture , which
...
This , Sir , would , in my opinion be our misfortune , if our parliaments were either
annual or triennial : by such frequent elections , there would be so much power
thrown into the hands of the people , as would destroy that equal mixture , which
...
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