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... happy : but Were all men happy , revellings would cease , That opiate for inquietude within . No man was ever truly blest , But it compos'd , and gave him fuch a cast AS FOLLY might mistake for want of Joy ; A caft unlike the triumph of ...
... happy : but Were all men happy , revellings would cease , That opiate for inquietude within . No man was ever truly blest , But it compos'd , and gave him fuch a cast AS FOLLY might mistake for want of Joy ; A caft unlike the triumph of ...
Page 171
... happy art of en- joying in Solitude the charms of Nature , and of indulging the powers of Fancy without impairing the faculty of Reason , Whate'er adorns The princely dome , the column , and the arch , The breathing marble , and the ...
... happy art of en- joying in Solitude the charms of Nature , and of indulging the powers of Fancy without impairing the faculty of Reason , Whate'er adorns The princely dome , the column , and the arch , The breathing marble , and the ...
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... happy , they are happy only by being useless : that mankind is one vast republic , where every indivi- dual receives many benefits from the labours of others , which , by labouring in his turn for others , he is obliged to repay ; and ...
... happy , they are happy only by being useless : that mankind is one vast republic , where every indivi- dual receives many benefits from the labours of others , which , by labouring in his turn for others , he is obliged to repay ; and ...
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ABELARD againſt almoſt alſo becauſe beſt bofom cauſe celebrated character choly cifed circumftances cloſe conftitution converfation courſe defires delight deſtroy difpofition DIOCLESIAN eaſe effects ELOISA endeavour enjoy enjoyment envy exerciſe faid fame fancy fays feek feelings feems fenfe fentiments fhall fhew fhould fighs filence firſt focial fociety folitary fome foon forrows foul fource fpecies frequently friends friendſhip ftill ftudy fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior furrounded greateſt happineſs heart higheſt himſelf houſe human imagination increaſe indulgence inftruction inſtead intercourſe interefts itſelf joys lefs live mankind melan melancholy ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obferved occafion paffed paffions perfons PETRARCH philofopher PLATO pleaſe pleaſures poffeffed preſent purpoſe purſued purſuits racter raiſed rational reaſon religion reſpect retirement retreat ſcenes ſcience ſenſe ſeverity ſhe Solitude ſpirit ſtate ſtudy ſuch temper thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranquillity underſtanding uſeful vices virtue virtuous whofe whoſe