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Page 23
... These fightless academicians de- voted their time to the ftudy of hiftory , poetry , and mufic . The moft celebrated traits in the annals of their country became the fubject of their mufe ; and the harmony of their verfes could only be ...
... These fightless academicians de- voted their time to the ftudy of hiftory , poetry , and mufic . The moft celebrated traits in the annals of their country became the fubject of their mufe ; and the harmony of their verfes could only be ...
Page 98
... THESE THESE are the observations I had to make re- fpecting 98 THE INFLUENCE OF SOLITUDE.
... THESE THESE are the observations I had to make re- fpecting 98 THE INFLUENCE OF SOLITUDE.
Page 117
... THESE fublime beauties , while they elevate and inflame the heart , give greater action and life to the imagination than fofter scenes ; in like manner as a fine night affords a more august and folemn fpectacle than the mildest day . IN ...
... THESE fublime beauties , while they elevate and inflame the heart , give greater action and life to the imagination than fofter scenes ; in like manner as a fine night affords a more august and folemn fpectacle than the mildest day . IN ...
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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