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... fame year . But the hopes with which his friends had fondly flattered themselves upon this fubject were , alas ! in a fhort time , forrow- fully disappointed . The carriage in which he and his family were conveyed to their new.refidence ...
... fame year . But the hopes with which his friends had fondly flattered themselves upon this fubject were , alas ! in a fhort time , forrow- fully disappointed . The carriage in which he and his family were conveyed to their new.refidence ...
Page 56
... fame ? The love of praise influences “ all mankind , and the greatest minds are the most " fufceptible of it . The philofophers who most " preach up a contempt for fame , prefix their " name to their works ; and the very perform ...
... fame ? The love of praise influences “ all mankind , and the greatest minds are the most " fufceptible of it . The philofophers who most " preach up a contempt for fame , prefix their " name to their works ; and the very perform ...
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... fame beyond the prefent hour ; fame not commenfurate to our mortal ex- " iftence , but co - extensive with the latest poste- " rity . Can we , who every day expose ourselves " to dangers for our country , and have never CC passed one ...
... fame beyond the prefent hour ; fame not commenfurate to our mortal ex- " iftence , but co - extensive with the latest poste- " rity . Can we , who every day expose ourselves " to dangers for our country , and have never CC passed one ...
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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