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Page 14
... possession of a serene mind : he who follows the plen- sures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusior . " " To advise the ignorant , relieve the ...
... possession of a serene mind : he who follows the plen- sures of it , which are in their very nature disappointing , is in constant search of care , solicitude ' , remorse ' , and confusior . " " To advise the ignorant , relieve the ...
Page 18
... possession , is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us , in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can ...
... possession , is to be chiefly estimated , by the relief which it can bring us , in the time of our greatest need . No person who has once yielded up the government of his mind , and given loose rein to his desires and passions , can ...
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... possession , as violent anger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; dis- torts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every ob- ject . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mis- chiefs which it occasions ...
... possession , as violent anger . It overpowers reason ; confounds our ideas ; dis- torts the appearance , and blackens the colour of every ob- ject . By the storms which it raises within , and by the mis- chiefs which it occasions ...
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... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has sme darling passion , which generally affords the first introduction to vice . The irregular grati- C 2 Chap . 1 . 29 Select ...
... possession of our mind , we may date , from that moment , the ruin of our tranquillity . Every man has sme darling passion , which generally affords the first introduction to vice . The irregular grati- C 2 Chap . 1 . 29 Select ...
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... possessed of strong vir- tue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our ...
... possessed of strong vir- tue , could enjoy itself in peace , and smile at the impotent assaults of fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty passions , our ...
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The English Reader: Or Pieces in Prose and Verse, From the Best Writers ... Lindley Murray No preview available - 2017 |
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Page 91 - And now behold I go bound in the spirit to Jerusalem, not knowing the things that shall befal me there, save that the Holy Ghost witnesseth in every city, saying, that bonds and afflictions abide me.