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Page 102
... imagination instantly converted into sensations of the heart , and the fofteft emo- tions give birth to the most virtuous and worthy fentiments . But , to enable the imagination thus to render every object fascinating and delightful ...
... imagination instantly converted into sensations of the heart , and the fofteft emo- tions give birth to the most virtuous and worthy fentiments . But , to enable the imagination thus to render every object fascinating and delightful ...
Page 120
... imagination , which prefent to the mind the most agreeable images , and touch the heart with the moft delightful fenfations . It is certainly true , that a perfon poffeffed of a fine imagination may be much happier in prison , than he ...
... imagination , which prefent to the mind the most agreeable images , and touch the heart with the moft delightful fenfations . It is certainly true , that a perfon poffeffed of a fine imagination may be much happier in prison , than he ...
Page 127
... imagination may , in retirement , in- dulge its wanderings to a certain degree , without the risque of injuring either the sentiments of the mind or the fenfations of the heart . Oh ! if the friends of my youth in Swifferland knew how ...
... imagination may , in retirement , in- dulge its wanderings to a certain degree , without the risque of injuring either the sentiments of the mind or the fenfations of the heart . Oh ! if the friends of my youth in Swifferland knew how ...
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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