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Page 101
... Nature in her fublimeft beau- ties , and in the modest flower that decks the val- lies ; to enjoy at the fame time that harmonious combination of parts which expands the foul , and thofe detached portions of the whole which pre- fent ...
... Nature in her fublimeft beau- ties , and in the modest flower that decks the val- lies ; to enjoy at the fame time that harmonious combination of parts which expands the foul , and thofe detached portions of the whole which pre- fent ...
Page 104
... Nature exhibits the happy contrast between fimplicity and grandeur ; and as our feelings be- come more exquifite , fo our admiration becomes more intense , and our pleasures more complete . I HAD been for many years familiar with all ...
... Nature exhibits the happy contrast between fimplicity and grandeur ; and as our feelings be- come more exquifite , fo our admiration becomes more intense , and our pleasures more complete . I HAD been for many years familiar with all ...
Page 105
... Nature , which was not invented in China , * but in England , is founded upon a rational and refined taste for the beauties of Nature , confirmed by experience , and by the sentiments which a chafte fancy reflects on a feeling heart ...
... Nature , which was not invented in China , * but in England , is founded upon a rational and refined taste for the beauties of Nature , confirmed by experience , and by the sentiments which a chafte fancy reflects on a feeling heart ...
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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