Solitude Or The Effect of Occasional Retirement On The Mind, The Heart, General Society, In Exile, In Old Age and On the Bed of Death: In which the Question is Considered Whether it is Easier To Live Virtuously in Society Or in Solitude. To which are added, the life of the author; notes historical and explanatory; a copious index; and seven beautiful engravings by Ridley, Volume 11804 |
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