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... fide . However , making a virtue of neceffity , he forebore to complain ; and comforted himself with reflecting , that no blifs is perfect ; that good and evil are mixed , and flow from the fame fountain . These briars indeed , faid he ...
... fide . However , making a virtue of neceffity , he forebore to complain ; and comforted himself with reflecting , that no blifs is perfect ; that good and evil are mixed , and flow from the fame fountain . These briars indeed , faid he ...
Page 82
... fide of a solitary pool , to which no creature but myself ever found the way . The project was perfectly ap- proved by the unwary fishes , and with great expedition performed by the deceitful Cormo- rant ; who having placed them in a ...
... fide of a solitary pool , to which no creature but myself ever found the way . The project was perfectly ap- proved by the unwary fishes , and with great expedition performed by the deceitful Cormo- rant ; who having placed them in a ...
Page 83
... fide the weak branches of a pumpion trailed upon the ground . This threw our great logician into his old track of reafoning against provi- dence . Is it . confiftent . with common - fenfe ,. faid he , that infinite wifdom fhould create ...
... fide the weak branches of a pumpion trailed upon the ground . This threw our great logician into his old track of reafoning against provi- dence . Is it . confiftent . with common - fenfe ,. faid he , that infinite wifdom fhould create ...
Page 85
... fide of a room to the other , was afked by an induftrious Silk- worm , to what end he fpent fo much time and labour in making fuch a number of lines and - circles ? The Spider angrily replied , Do not disturb me , thou ignorant thing ...
... fide of a room to the other , was afked by an induftrious Silk- worm , to what end he fpent fo much time and labour in making fuch a number of lines and - circles ? The Spider angrily replied , Do not disturb me , thou ignorant thing ...
Page 90
... fide , as foon as ever I awake , preffing their dif ferent fuits . One intreats me to get up , the other perfuades me to lie ftill : and then they alternately give me various reasons , why L fhould rife , and why I fhould not .. This de ...
... fide , as foon as ever I awake , preffing their dif ferent fuits . One intreats me to get up , the other perfuades me to lie ftill : and then they alternately give me various reasons , why L fhould rife , and why I fhould not .. This de ...
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