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75._o of_o truth_n p._n 77._o of_o wisdom_n p._n 81._o of_o the_o chief_a good_a p._n 92._o of_o felicity_n ib._n of_o fortitude_n p._n 93._o of_o meekness_n p._n 105._o of_o humility_n and_o patience_n p._n 106._o concern_v moderate_n our_o desire_n p._n 111._o of_o help_v the_o distress_a p._n 113._o not_o to_o be_v contentious_a p._n 114._o of_o revenge_n p._n 117._o of_o heighten_v the_o difference_n of_o other_o p._n 119._o of_o temperance_n p._n 123._o concern_v diet_n and_o apparel_n p._n 127._o of_o chastity_n p._n 129._o of_o the_o prosperity_n of_o the_o wicked_a p._n 133._o of_o constancy_n in_o good_a resolution_n p._n 135._o of_o secrecy_n and_o reservation_n p._n 137._o of_o go_v to_o law_n p._n 141._o of_o recreation_n p._n 144._o of_o gentility_n p._n 152._o concern_v the_o choice_n of_o thy_o profession_n p._n 154._o of_o the_o choice_n of_o a_o wife_n p._n 163._o the_o happiness_n of_o a_o marry_a life_n require_v that_o both_o be_v good_a p._n 167._o a_o vicious_a father_n seldom_o make_v good_a child_n p._n 168._o the_o concernment_n to_o the_o family_n that_o the_o master_n be_v a_o good_a man_n p._n 170._o of_o boldness_n or_o confidence_n p._n 172._o of_o ceremonious_a behaviour_n p._n 173._o of_o deformity_n p._n 175._o of_o a_o single_a life_n p._n 176._o of_o expense_n p._n 180._o of_o tobacco_n p._n 183._o of_o contentment_n in_o our_o present_a condition_n p._n 188._o about_o the_o foreknowledge_n of_o futurity_n p._n 189._o of_o pride_n p._n 193._o that_o it_o be_v better_a to_o live_v upon_o a_o man_n own_o private_a business_n than_o public_a office_n or_o employment_n p._n 197._o what_o esteem_n be_v due_a to_o arts._n p._n 198._o of_o educatation_n in_o school_n and_o university_n p._n 199._o of_o learn_v the_o latin_a tongue_n ibid._n of_o logic_n p._n 205._o of_o rhetoric_n p._n 212._o of_o opinion_n p._n 217._o of_o strength_n of_o body_n p._n 225._o of_o agility_n of_o body_n p._n 226._o of_o quickness_n of_o wit._n ibid._n of_o the_o love_n that_o ought_v to_o be_v between_o brother_n and_o their_o sister_n p._n 228._o a_o prayer_n p._n 232._o the_o end_n