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Page 50
... hours of sadness , lighten the burden of old age , and , through the morti- fying remembrance of much of the past , dart a ray of light and joy.- From the re- view of these , and the comparison of them with the deceitful pleasures of ...
... hours of sadness , lighten the burden of old age , and , through the morti- fying remembrance of much of the past , dart a ray of light and joy.- From the re- view of these , and the comparison of them with the deceitful pleasures of ...
Page 52
... hour . Whatever our age , our charac- ter , our profession , or station in the world , requires us to do , in that let each revolving . day find us busy . Never delay till to - mor- row , what reason and conscience tell you ought to be ...
... hour . Whatever our age , our charac- ter , our profession , or station in the world , requires us to do , in that let each revolving . day find us busy . Never delay till to - mor- row , what reason and conscience tell you ought to be ...
Page 53
... hour . Let it not be dis- turbed with groundless discontents , or poi- soned with foolish anxieties about what is to come ; but look up to heaven , and ac- knowledge , with a grateful heart , the actual blessings you enjoy . If you must ...
... hour . Let it not be dis- turbed with groundless discontents , or poi- soned with foolish anxieties about what is to come ; but look up to heaven , and ac- knowledge , with a grateful heart , the actual blessings you enjoy . If you must ...
Page 114
... hour of retirement and silence . Indulge the meditations which then begin to rise . Cast your eye backwards on what is past of your life ; look forward to what is pro- bably to come . Think of the part you are now acting ; and of what ...
... hour of retirement and silence . Indulge the meditations which then begin to rise . Cast your eye backwards on what is past of your life ; look forward to what is pro- bably to come . Think of the part you are now acting ; and of what ...
Page 116
... hours , to recollect what the wisest have said and have written concerning human happiness and human vanity . Treat not their opinions as effusions merely of pee- vishness or disappointment ; but believe them to be what they truly are ...
... hours , to recollect what the wisest have said and have written concerning human happiness and human vanity . Treat not their opinions as effusions merely of pee- vishness or disappointment ; but believe them to be what they truly are ...
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