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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... tafte that true felicity which refults from an independent mind and a content- ed heart a felicity feldom fought after , only because it is fo little known , but which individual may every find within his own bofom . Who , alas ! does ...
... tafte that true felicity which refults from an independent mind and a content- ed heart a felicity feldom fought after , only because it is fo little known , but which individual may every find within his own bofom . Who , alas ! does ...
Page xx
... tafte , a quick and lively fancy , and a very brilliant imagination , poffeff- ed , what is perhaps fuperior even to these endowments , thofe polite and elegant manners , that amiable mildness and fe- renity of temper , and that winning ...
... tafte , a quick and lively fancy , and a very brilliant imagination , poffeff- ed , what is perhaps fuperior even to these endowments , thofe polite and elegant manners , that amiable mildness and fe- renity of temper , and that winning ...
Page xxxiv
... a recipro- city of tafte and difpofition , ripened very quickly into the tendereft affection ; and they were united to each other in marriage about about the beginning of O & ober , 1782 . xxxiv THE LIFE OF Introduction.
... a recipro- city of tafte and difpofition , ripened very quickly into the tendereft affection ; and they were united to each other in marriage about about the beginning of O & ober , 1782 . xxxiv THE LIFE OF Introduction.
Page xxxv
... tafte , and found judgment ; and continued to the last moment of her life his tutelar deity ; a pleafing companion of his profperity , and his fupport and con- folation in adverfity . He went with her into company , had frequent parties ...
... tafte , and found judgment ; and continued to the last moment of her life his tutelar deity ; a pleafing companion of his profperity , and his fupport and con- folation in adverfity . He went with her into company , had frequent parties ...
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... tafte for that fublime philofophy which inculcates the practice of VIRTUE , than his whole foul became deeply enamoured of its charms . The fame love of virtue with which Plato infpired the mind of Dion , may be filently , and almost ...
... tafte for that fublime philofophy which inculcates the practice of VIRTUE , than his whole foul became deeply enamoured of its charms . The fame love of virtue with which Plato infpired the mind of Dion , may be filently , and almost ...
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acquired afford againſt almoſt amidſt Avignon baniſh beauties becauſe bofom cauſe celebrated character charms Cicero courſe death defire delight diffipation difpofition diſcover eaſe elegant Engliſh enjoy enjoyment exiſtence fafe faid fame fays feel feems felicity fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhade fhall fhould filent firſt fituation fmile fociety folitary fome forrow foul frequently friends friendſhip ftill fubject fublime fuch fuffer fure furrounded greateſt happineſs happy heart higheſt himſelf houſe human increaſe inſpired interefting itſelf lefs leifure live mankind ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary noble obfervation object occafionally Octavo ourſelves paffed paffion perfon Petrarch philofopher pleafing pleaſe pleaſures Plutarch poffefs prefent purſued racters raiſe reafon refidence refined render retirement rural ſcene ſeek ſhe Solitude ſpirit ſtate ſtudy ſuch Swifferland Swifs tafte taſte thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thouſand tion tranquillity underſtanding uſeful vifit virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſh youth Zimmerman