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Page 170
... greater " is our distance from happiness , " SOLITUDE , by moderating the selfish defires of the heart , and expelling ambition from the breast , becomes a real afylum to the disappointed States- man or discarded Minifter : for it is ...
... greater " is our distance from happiness , " SOLITUDE , by moderating the selfish defires of the heart , and expelling ambition from the breast , becomes a real afylum to the disappointed States- man or discarded Minifter : for it is ...
Page 304
... greater skill and prudence the rocks and fands by which he is furrounded , and fteer with greater certainty and effect from the tempefts which most threaten his deftruction ; rejoicing lefs at the pleasant courfe which a favourable wind ...
... greater skill and prudence the rocks and fands by which he is furrounded , and fteer with greater certainty and effect from the tempefts which most threaten his deftruction ; rejoicing lefs at the pleasant courfe which a favourable wind ...
Page 305
... greater feverity ; feel with re- doubled force the neceffity of a reformation ; and reflect with fubftantial effect on the glorious end for which we were created . Confcious that hu- man actions are acceptable to the Almighty mind only ...
... greater feverity ; feel with re- doubled force the neceffity of a reformation ; and reflect with fubftantial effect on the glorious end for which we were created . Confcious that hu- man actions are acceptable to the Almighty mind only ...
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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