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" It is furely an unfatisfactory idea, : to live and die without purfuing any other purpofe than the low one of perfonal gratification. A thoufand pleafures and advantages we have received from the difinterefted efforts of thofe who have gone before us,... "
The Berwick Museum, Or, Monthly Literary Intelligencer: Forming and ... - Page 184
1787
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Essays Moral and Literary, Volume 2

Vicesimus Knox - 1779 - 420 pages
...as it is the duty, of every individual. It is furely an unfatisfactory idea, to live and die without purfuing any other purpofe than the low one of perfonal...thofe who have gone before us, and it is incumbent on us to do fomething in our generation, both for the benefit of contemporaries and of thofe who are to...
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Essays, Moral and Literary, Volume 2

Vicesimus Knox - 1783 - 408 pages
...who pofiefles the ufe of his faculties. It is furely an unfatisfactory idea, to live and die without purfuing any other purpofe than the low one of perfonal...we have received from the difinterefted efforts of thole who have gone before us, and it is incumbent on every generation to do fomething for the benefit...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical ..., Volume 5

Joseph Addison - 1797 - 626 pages
...poflefles the life of his faculties. It is furely an unfatisfactory idea, : to live and die without purfuing any other purpofe than the low one of perfonal...incumbent on every generation to do fomething not only only for the benefit of contemporaries but of thofe alfo who are to follow. To be born, as Horace L...
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Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments ...

Mr. Addison - 1797 - 642 pages
...faculties. It is furely an unfatisfactory idea, to live and die without purfuing any other purpofc than the low one of perfonal gratification. A thoufand...incumbent on every generation to do fomething not only for che benefit of contemporaries but of thofe alfo who are to follow. To be born, as Horace fays, merely...
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Essays Moral and Literary, Volume 2

Vicesimus Knox - 1800 - 378 pages
...who poffeffes the ufe of his faculties. It is furely an unfatisfaclory idea , to live and die without purfuing any other purpofe than the low one of perfonal...pleafures and advantages we have received from the difmterefted efforts of thofe who have gone before us, and it it incumbent on every generation to dofomething...
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Essays, Moral and Literary, Volume 2

Vicesimus Knox - 1803 - 328 pages
...unfatisfactory idea to live and die without purfuing any other purpofe than the low one of fenfual gratification. A thoufand pleafures and advantages...fomething not only for the benefit of contemporaries, but of thofe alfo who are to follow. To be born, as Horace fays, merely to confume the fruits of the...
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The British Essayists: Knox's essays

James Ferguson - 1819 - 324 pages
...gratification. A thousand pleasures and advantages we have received from the disinterested efforts of those who have gone before us, and it is incumbent on every generation to do something for the benefit of contemporaries and of those who are to follow. To be born, as Horace says,...
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The British Essayists: Knox's essays

James Ferguson - 1823 - 314 pages
...gratification. A thousand pleasures and advantages we have received from the disinterested efforts of those who have gone before us, and it is incumbent on every generation to do something for the benefit of contemporaries and of those who are to follow. (radiation to the maxims...
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The Works of Vicesimus Knox, D.D.: With a Biographical Preface, Volume 1

Vicesimus Knox - 1824 - 606 pages
...gratification. A thousand pleasures and advantages we have received from the disinterested efforts of those who have gone before us; and it is incumbent on every generation to do something not only for the benefit of contemporaries, but of those also who are to follow. To be born,...
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The American Gentleman

Charles Butler (of Philadelphia.) - 1836 - 306 pages
...gratification. A thousand pleasures and advantages we have received from the disinterested efforts of those who have gone before us ; and it is incumbent on every generation to do something not only for the benefit of contemporaries, but of those also who are to follow. To be born,...
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