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... virtues , had united herself to him in the facred bands of love , and , by enlightening his mind , and ftoring it with fuperior wisdom , had led him to divine felicity . * The DRUIDS alfo , who : dwelt * NUMA POMPILIUS , though ...
... virtues , had united herself to him in the facred bands of love , and , by enlightening his mind , and ftoring it with fuperior wisdom , had led him to divine felicity . * The DRUIDS alfo , who : dwelt * NUMA POMPILIUS , though ...
Page 123
... virtuous man , who in " rural 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 ...
... virtuous man , who in " rural 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 ...
Page 267
... virtues are there which every man has it in his power to perform without quit- ting his chamber ! He who can ... VIRTUOUS actions are certainly more easily and more freely performed in Solitude than in the world . In Solitude no ...
... virtues are there which every man has it in his power to perform without quit- ting his chamber ! He who can ... VIRTUOUS actions are certainly more easily and more freely performed in Solitude than in the world . In Solitude no ...
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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