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Page 95
... mind as ca- pable of being entertained with contemplation as enter- prise ; a mind ready for great exploits , but not impa- tient for occasions to exert itself . The prince has wis- dom and valour in as high perfection as man can en ...
... mind as ca- pable of being entertained with contemplation as enter- prise ; a mind ready for great exploits , but not impa- tient for occasions to exert itself . The prince has wis- dom and valour in as high perfection as man can en ...
Page 120
... mind of the reader for the oc- currences of the next book , where the weakness , of which Adam here gives such distant discoveries , brings about the fatal event which is the subject of the poem . His discourse , which follows the ...
... mind of the reader for the oc- currences of the next book , where the weakness , of which Adam here gives such distant discoveries , brings about the fatal event which is the subject of the poem . His discourse , which follows the ...
Page 274
... mind destroy . HOR . ANON . I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth . The latter I consider as an act , the former as a habit of the mind . Mirth is short and transient , cheerful- ness fixed and permanent . Those are often raised ...
... mind destroy . HOR . ANON . I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth . The latter I consider as an act , the former as a habit of the mind . Mirth is short and transient , cheerful- ness fixed and permanent . Those are often raised ...
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