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Page 86
... truth is best preserved by Solitude , and virtue there acquires greater confiftency ; 4 confiftency but I confefs truth is not always con- venient 86 THE INFLUENCE OF SOLITUDE.
... truth is best preserved by Solitude , and virtue there acquires greater confiftency ; 4 confiftency but I confefs truth is not always con- venient 86 THE INFLUENCE OF SOLITUDE.
Page 232
... truth preponderates , A love of equity and truth , in- deed , is feldom found , except in those who have no dread of Solitude . Men of diffipation never protect the weak , or avenge the oppreffed . If the various and powerful hofts of ...
... truth preponderates , A love of equity and truth , in- deed , is feldom found , except in those who have no dread of Solitude . Men of diffipation never protect the weak , or avenge the oppreffed . If the various and powerful hofts of ...
Page 297
... truth , and to announce to mankind the " folly of those opinions which 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 ...
... truth , and to announce to mankind the " folly of those opinions which 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 ...
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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