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Page 161
... thing can overcome , and in competition with " which , honour , fortune , and even fame itself , " are to me as nothing . It is certain , that this Spirit of liberty is engendered less by pride than << by indolence ; but this indolence ...
... thing can overcome , and in competition with " which , honour , fortune , and even fame itself , " are to me as nothing . It is certain , that this Spirit of liberty is engendered less by pride than << by indolence ; but this indolence ...
Page 167
... thing that the hand of Na- " ture prepares for the lap of genuine pleasure . ” AH ! who would not willingly renounce those things which only produce disquietude in the mind , for those which render it contented ? The art of occafionally ...
... thing that the hand of Na- " ture prepares for the lap of genuine pleasure . ” AH ! who would not willingly renounce those things which only produce disquietude in the mind , for those which render it contented ? The art of occafionally ...
Page 208
... things are , to what they ought to be ; and with determined resolution support the bodies they are defigned to animate ; while weak minds fur- render every thing committed to their care . THE foul , however , always follows what is moft ...
... things are , to what they ought to be ; and with determined resolution support the bodies they are defigned to animate ; while weak minds fur- render every thing committed to their care . THE foul , however , always follows what is moft ...
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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