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Page 52
... poffeffed of a divine inspira- tion , which is capable of fubduing every diffi- culty , and bearing down all oppofition : and an author fhould fufpend his work until he feels this fecret call within his bofom , and watch for those pours ...
... poffeffed of a divine inspira- tion , which is capable of fubduing every diffi- culty , and bearing down all oppofition : and an author fhould fufpend his work until he feels this fecret call within his bofom , and watch for those pours ...
Page 73
... poffeffed a liberal mind , did justice , in the higheft terms , to the merit and good con- duct of BUCKEBOURG in Portugal ; and praised , with enthufiaftic admiration , the goodness of his mind , and the greatness of his character ...
... poffeffed a liberal mind , did justice , in the higheft terms , to the merit and good con- duct of BUCKEBOURG in Portugal ; and praised , with enthufiaftic admiration , the goodness of his mind , and the greatness of his character ...
Page 276
... poffeffed of ambition and the luft of power defpife ; nor did he yet con- temn that which , at this period of the Republic , every Roman who was eager to command esteem- ed more than all other things . But MANLIUS CURIUS , the noblest ...
... poffeffed of ambition and the luft of power defpife ; nor did he yet con- temn that which , at this period of the Republic , every Roman who was eager to command esteem- ed more than all other things . But MANLIUS CURIUS , the noblest ...
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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