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UPON LAUGHTER. 15
This pleafure muft indeed be a fecret one,
fb very lecret, that many a kind compaffionate
heart was never confcious of it, but felt itfelf
in a continual Rate of horror and lorrow; our
defu ing fuch fights flows from a kind inftinft
of nature, a lecret bond between us and our
fellow-creatures.
Naturae hnperio gemimus cum funusadultae
Virginis occurrit} vel terra clauditur infans.
Quis enim bonus-
Vila aliena Jibi credat mala.
Juven.
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Reflections upon laughter
DescriptionAnd remarks upon the fable of the bees. By Francis Hutcheson … carefully corrected. In two parts; Part 1 "Reflections upon laughter"; Part 2 "Remarks on the fable of the bees", the latter having a divisional title page.
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Curiosities & wonders
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DescriptionThousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish.