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To express the latter is the peculiar province of words ; to express the former ,
nature teaches us to make use of tones , looks , and gestures . When anger , fear
, joy , grief , love , or any other active passion arises in our minds , we naturally ...
To express the latter is the peculiar province of words ; to express the former ,
nature teaches us to make use of tones , looks , and gestures . When anger , fear
, joy , grief , love , or any other active passion arises in our minds , we naturally ...
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Vast chain of Being ! which from God began , Natures æthereal , human ; angel ,
man ! ... Where , one step broken , the great scale's destroy'd : From Nature's
chain whatever link you strike , Tenth or ten thousandth , breaks the chain alike .
Vast chain of Being ! which from God began , Natures æthereal , human ; angel ,
man ! ... Where , one step broken , the great scale's destroy'd : From Nature's
chain whatever link you strike , Tenth or ten thousandth , breaks the chain alike .
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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
...
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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Let nature rest : and when the taste of joy Grows keen , indulge : but shun satiety .
' Tis not for mortals always to be blest . But him the least the dull or painful hours
Of life oppress , whom sober Sense conducts , And Virtue , thro ' this labyrinth ...
Let nature rest : and when the taste of joy Grows keen , indulge : but shun satiety .
' Tis not for mortals always to be blest . But him the least the dull or painful hours
Of life oppress , whom sober Sense conducts , And Virtue , thro ' this labyrinth ...
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But we have already found it to be considered , as something agreable to our
nature ; conducive , not to mere being , but to well - being ; and what we aim to
have accommodated to all places and times . We have . There may be other ...
But we have already found it to be considered , as something agreable to our
nature ; conducive , not to mere being , but to well - being ; and what we aim to
have accommodated to all places and times . We have . There may be other ...
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