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Page 418
... mind destroy . HOR . 3 Od . ii . 1 ANON I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth . The latter I consider as an act , the former as an habit of the mind . Mirth is short and transient , cheerful- ness fixed and permanent . Those are ...
... mind destroy . HOR . 3 Od . ii . 1 ANON I HAVE always preferred cheerfulness to mirth . The latter I consider as an act , the former as an habit of the mind . Mirth is short and transient , cheerful- ness fixed and permanent . Those are ...
Page 419
... mind is not liable to any of these exceptions ; it is of a serious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very conspi- cuous in the characters of those who ...
... mind is not liable to any of these exceptions ; it is of a serious and composed nature ; it does not throw the mind into a condition improper for the present state of humanity , and is very conspi- cuous in the characters of those who ...
Page 475
... mind naturally conceives from the present season of the year , by the recommending of a practice for which every one has sufficient abilities . I would have my readers endeavour to moralize this natural pleasure of the soul , and to ...
... mind naturally conceives from the present season of the year , by the recommending of a practice for which every one has sufficient abilities . I would have my readers endeavour to moralize this natural pleasure of the soul , and to ...
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