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Page 148
... kind affections ; the antipathies created by the ingratitude of the world instantly vanish ; we even forget the vain , the wicked , the profligate characters with whom we were mixed ; and being perfectly at peace with ourfelves , we ...
... kind affections ; the antipathies created by the ingratitude of the world instantly vanish ; we even forget the vain , the wicked , the profligate characters with whom we were mixed ; and being perfectly at peace with ourfelves , we ...
Page 206
... kind of middle ftate , between earth and heaven . This fpecies of forrow is of the happieft kind . Far be it from me to suppose it in the leaft degree affected . But I call fuch characters happy mourners ; because , from the very frame ...
... kind of middle ftate , between earth and heaven . This fpecies of forrow is of the happieft kind . Far be it from me to suppose it in the leaft degree affected . But I call fuch characters happy mourners ; because , from the very frame ...
Page 271
... kind , and to an independence of the world . " LABERTY , leifure , a quiet confcience , and a re- tirement from the world , are therefore the fureft and most infallible means of acquiring a virtuous mind . The paffions then need no ...
... kind , and to an independence of the world . " LABERTY , leifure , a quiet confcience , and a re- tirement from the world , are therefore the fureft and most infallible means of acquiring a virtuous mind . The paffions then need no ...
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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