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... hope of immortal fame ; and posterity has done them justice . PROFOUND meditation in Solitude and filence , frequently exalts the mind above its natural tone , fires the imagination , and produces the most refined and fublime ...
... hope of immortal fame ; and posterity has done them justice . PROFOUND meditation in Solitude and filence , frequently exalts the mind above its natural tone , fires the imagination , and produces the most refined and fublime ...
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... hope of gratifying a momentary paffion , by the feelings of felf - love , rather than by the sympathies of brotherly affection ? and these fubtle and important queftions are certainly dif cuffed with clofer fcrutiny , and the motives of ...
... hope of gratifying a momentary paffion , by the feelings of felf - love , rather than by the sympathies of brotherly affection ? and these fubtle and important queftions are certainly dif cuffed with clofer fcrutiny , and the motives of ...
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... hope to experience in thofe regions of eternal peace and happiness where no impure or improper sentiment can taint the mind . But notions like these , al- though they agreeably flatter our imaginations , * fhed MEN in general fondly hope ...
... hope to experience in thofe regions of eternal peace and happiness where no impure or improper sentiment can taint the mind . But notions like these , al- though they agreeably flatter our imaginations , * fhed MEN in general fondly hope ...
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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