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... retirement ; but , however that may be , it was certainly in retirement that he had laid the " CICERO , fpeaking of the pleasures of the mind , fays , " They employ us in youth , and amuse us in old age : in profpe- " rity they grace ...
... retirement ; but , however that may be , it was certainly in retirement that he had laid the " CICERO , fpeaking of the pleasures of the mind , fays , " They employ us in youth , and amuse us in old age : in profpe- " rity they grace ...
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Johann Georg Zimmermann. in retirement with dignity and greatness , where the paffion of high achievement operates ... retirement . ” CHARLES THE FIFTH alfo retired from the throne , and buried his grandeur and his ambition in folitude ...
Johann Georg Zimmermann. in retirement with dignity and greatness , where the paffion of high achievement operates ... retirement . ” CHARLES THE FIFTH alfo retired from the throne , and buried his grandeur and his ambition in folitude ...
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... retirement knows how to enjoy his tran- " quillity with true dignity and perfect ease , in- dependent of every thing around him ! How " preferable is this happy calm to the deafening " clamours , the false joys , the deceitful glare of ...
... retirement knows how to enjoy his tran- " quillity with true dignity and perfect ease , in- dependent of every thing around him ! How " preferable is this happy calm to the deafening " clamours , the false joys , the deceitful glare of ...
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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