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Page xxxi
... enjoy fociety al- ways with vivacity , and frequently with ease . This period , indeed , seems to have been the happiest of his life : he had the in- expreffible gratification of finding himself relieved from a long and cruel complaint ...
... enjoy fociety al- ways with vivacity , and frequently with ease . This period , indeed , seems to have been the happiest of his life : he had the in- expreffible gratification of finding himself relieved from a long and cruel complaint ...
Page 66
... enjoyed for a long time the respect of thofe princes to whom he had refigned the poffeffion of the world . It is ... enjoy- ment of happiness for the pursuit of power . " A juft eftimate of greatness , " adds this elegant hiftorian ...
... enjoyed for a long time the respect of thofe princes to whom he had refigned the poffeffion of the world . It is ... enjoy- ment of happiness for the pursuit of power . " A juft eftimate of greatness , " adds this elegant hiftorian ...
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... enjoy the fhade of his fig - tree ; but the most pure and genuine liberty is always to be found among the inhabitants of these ftupendous mountains . THE Alps in Swifferland are inhabited by a race of men sometimes unsocial , but always ...
... enjoy the fhade of his fig - tree ; but the most pure and genuine liberty is always to be found among the inhabitants of these ftupendous mountains . THE Alps in Swifferland are inhabited by a race of men sometimes unsocial , but always ...
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affemblies afford againſt almoſt amidſt Avignon beauties becauſe bofom cauſe celebrated character charms CHIG CICERO defires delight diffipation difpofition diſcovered eaſe enjoy enjoyment exiſtence fafe faid fame fatire fays feek feel feem felicity fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhades filent firſt fituation fociety folitary fome foon forrow foul frequently friends friendſhip ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffer fuperior fure furrounded greateſt greatneſs happineſs happy heart higheſt himſelf houſe human increaſe inſpired intereft itſelf lefs leifure live mankind ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary noble obfervation object occafionally ourſelves paffion paſs perfon PETRARCH philofopher pleaſe pleaſures PLUTARCH poffefs praiſe prefent purſued purſuit racters raiſe reaſon refidence refignation render repoſe reſpect retirement rural ſcene ſenſe ſhe ſhould Solitude ſpirit ſpring ſtate ſtill ſtudy ſuch Swifferland taſte themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion tranquillity truth underſtanding UNIV uſeful vifit virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſh