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Page 25
... render them contented with their humble labours : but to fuperior minds , how exquifite are the pleasures they feel when Solitude infpires the idea , and facilitates the execution , of works of virtue and public benefit ! works which ...
... render them contented with their humble labours : but to fuperior minds , how exquifite are the pleasures they feel when Solitude infpires the idea , and facilitates the execution , of works of virtue and public benefit ! works which ...
Page 49
... render the mind fu- perior to all the viciffitudes and miferies of life . The man whose bofom neither riches , nor luxury , nor grandeur , can render happy , may , with a book in his hand , forget all his torments under the friendly ...
... render the mind fu- perior to all the viciffitudes and miferies of life . The man whose bofom neither riches , nor luxury , nor grandeur , can render happy , may , with a book in his hand , forget all his torments under the friendly ...
Page 297
... render them mi- " ferable , is a public benefactor . I should be of “ much less use to my countrymen , were I to " live among them , than I can poffibly be in my << retreat . Of what importance can it be , whe- " ther I live in one ...
... render them mi- " ferable , is a public benefactor . I should be of “ much less use to my countrymen , were I to " live among them , than I can poffibly be in my << retreat . Of what importance can it be , whe- " ther I live in one ...
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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