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... happiness , and as tending to darken life with un- neceffary gloom , by withdrawing our minds from the contemplation and enjoyment of that happiness which our state affords us , and fixing our attention upon foreign objects , which we ...
... happiness , and as tending to darken life with un- neceffary gloom , by withdrawing our minds from the contemplation and enjoyment of that happiness which our state affords us , and fixing our attention upon foreign objects , which we ...
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... happiness and virtue , he should be careful not to mislead un- wary minds , by appearing to fet too high a value upon things by which no real excellence is confer red . RAMBLER . No . 67. TUESDAY , 6 Nov. 1750 . THER Αἱ δ ' ἐλπίδες ...
... happiness and virtue , he should be careful not to mislead un- wary minds , by appearing to fet too high a value upon things by which no real excellence is confer red . RAMBLER . No . 67. TUESDAY , 6 Nov. 1750 . THER Αἱ δ ' ἐλπίδες ...
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... happiness by fudden death . How , ' fays he , " can death be fudden to a being who al- ways knew that he must die , and that the time " of his death was uncertain ? " 16 Since bufinefs and gaiety are always drawing our attention away ...
... happiness by fudden death . How , ' fays he , " can death be fudden to a being who al- ways knew that he must die , and that the time " of his death was uncertain ? " 16 Since bufinefs and gaiety are always drawing our attention away ...
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A deathbed the true fchool of wiſdom The effects | 54 |
The dignity and uſefulneſs of biography | 60 |
Paffion not to be eradicated | 66 |
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affiftance againſt amufements becauſe buſineſs caufe cenfure confefs confequence confidered converfation curiofity deferve defign defire diſcover eafily eafy eaſe endeavour equally eſtabliſhed fafely fame favour fcarcely fecond fecurity feems feldom felves fenfe fhade fhall fhew fhort fhould fide fince fingle fink firft firſt folly fome fometimes foon forrow fortune ftate ftill ftudies fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fufpect fuperiority furely fyllables greateſt happineſs himſelf hope inclined increaſe intereft itſelf kindneſs labour laft laſt leaſt lefs lofe loft mankind meaſure ment mifery mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary neral never numbers obferved occafion oppofition ourſelves OVID paffages paffed paffions pleafing pleaſed pleaſure praiſe prefent purchaſe purpoſe raiſe RAMBLER reafon refolved reft reſt rife ſhe ſtate ſtudy tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion TRUTH underſtanding univerfal uſe vanity verfe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wifh