Rays of Genius Collected to Enlighten the Rising Generation, Volume 1proprietor, 1806 - English literature |
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Page 47
... consider cheerfulness in regard to ourselves , to those we converse with , and to the great Author of our being , it will not a little recom- mend itself on each of these accounts . The man who is possessed of this excellent frame of ...
... consider cheerfulness in regard to ourselves , to those we converse with , and to the great Author of our being , it will not a little recom- mend itself on each of these accounts . The man who is possessed of this excellent frame of ...
Page 50
... considers it might have been worse , and is thankful to Pro- vidence for an escape . She rejoices in solitude , as it ... consider the re- lief we receive from it , and how often with transient un- expected gleams of joy , it breaks the ...
... considers it might have been worse , and is thankful to Pro- vidence for an escape . She rejoices in solitude , as it ... consider the re- lief we receive from it , and how often with transient un- expected gleams of joy , it breaks the ...
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... consider themselves planting , as it were , a hedge about them , to be their future protection against the storms of life , and their future asylum in the hour of infirmity and distress . But heedless youth Deaf to the music of the ...
... consider themselves planting , as it were , a hedge about them , to be their future protection against the storms of life , and their future asylum in the hour of infirmity and distress . But heedless youth Deaf to the music of the ...
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