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Page 61
... give a just , solid , firm , and forcible tone to our thoughts , as an inter- courfe with the world is to give them richness , brilliancy , and just appropriation . THE THE mind employed on noble and interefting fubjects , difdains UPON ...
... give a just , solid , firm , and forcible tone to our thoughts , as an inter- courfe with the world is to give them richness , brilliancy , and just appropriation . THE THE mind employed on noble and interefting fubjects , difdains UPON ...
Page 137
... give motion to the foul ; and when they become turbulent and impetuous , the veffel is always in danger , and generally runs a - ground . The petty çares and trifling vexations of life , however , give but fhort - lived difturbance to a ...
... give motion to the foul ; and when they become turbulent and impetuous , the veffel is always in danger , and generally runs a - ground . The petty çares and trifling vexations of life , however , give but fhort - lived difturbance to a ...
Page 178
... gives vapours to the fair ; " Green fields and fhady groves , and crystal springs , " And larks and nightingales , are ... give their fweets , and limes their fhades , " Black kennels ' abfent odour the regrets , " And ftops her nofe at ...
... gives vapours to the fair ; " Green fields and fhady groves , and crystal springs , " And larks and nightingales , are ... give their fweets , and limes their fhades , " Black kennels ' abfent odour the regrets , " And ftops her nofe at ...
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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