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of, the injury. This kind of trifling, I think, much more inexcuſable than inconſtancy; and why it is ſo, appears ſo obvious, I need not point it out.
People of ſenſe and reflection are moſt apt to have violent and conſtant paſſions, and to be preyed on by them. Neither can they, for the ſake of preſent pleaſure, bear to act in ſuch a manner, as that the retroſpect ſhould fill them with confuſion and regret. Perhaps a delicate mind is not ſuſceptible of a greater degree of miſery, putting guilt out of the queſtion, than what muſt ariſe from the conſciouſneſs
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