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Page 123
... rural life , ravish the soul , and induce us to exclaim , with the facred orator , " Happy is the wife and virtuous man , who in " rural retirement knows how to enjoy his tran- " quillity with true dignity and perfect ease , in ...
... rural life , ravish the soul , and induce us to exclaim , with the facred orator , " Happy is the wife and virtuous man , who in " rural retirement knows how to enjoy his tran- " quillity with true dignity and perfect ease , in ...
Page 178
... rural folitude is certainly ftronger in the women than the men . A noble- man who employs the day in riding over his eftate , or in following the hounds , does not enjoy the pleasures of rural life with the fame delight as his lady ...
... rural folitude is certainly ftronger in the women than the men . A noble- man who employs the day in riding over his eftate , or in following the hounds , does not enjoy the pleasures of rural life with the fame delight as his lady ...
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... rural retirement , 103 , 235 ; the sense of it obliterated in the world , 251 ; its advantages in death , 301 . Retirement , when it moft engages mens ' affections , 210 . Revelation , its advantages , 303 . Richterfwyl , its ...
... rural retirement , 103 , 235 ; the sense of it obliterated in the world , 251 ; its advantages in death , 301 . Retirement , when it moft engages mens ' affections , 210 . Revelation , its advantages , 303 . Richterfwyl , its ...
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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