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... scenes of the world , and from those vigorous exertions which dis- play to advantage the human abilities , they incline totally to exclude it . It may soothe the timid or the sad : But they consider it as having no connection with what ...
... scenes of the world , and from those vigorous exertions which dis- play to advantage the human abilities , they incline totally to exclude it . It may soothe the timid or the sad : But they consider it as having no connection with what ...
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... scenes of ordinary life , in the do- mestic and social intercourses of men , the cordiality of his affections cheers and glad- dens him . Every appearance , every de- scription of innocent happiness , is enjoyed by him . Every native ...
... scenes of ordinary life , in the do- mestic and social intercourses of men , the cordiality of his affections cheers and glad- dens him . Every appearance , every de- scription of innocent happiness , is enjoyed by him . Every native ...
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... the days of former years , many objects arise to view , which make the most unthinking , grave ; and render the serious , sad . The pleasur able III . SERMON able scenes of youth ; the objects On the Improvement of Time . 47.
... the days of former years , many objects arise to view , which make the most unthinking , grave ; and render the serious , sad . The pleasur able III . SERMON able scenes of youth ; the objects On the Improvement of Time . 47.
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... scenes . But , at the same time , though it be very proper that such meditations should sometimes enter the mind , yet on them I advise not the gentle and tender heart to dwell too long . They are apt to produce a fruitless melancholy ...
... scenes . But , at the same time , though it be very proper that such meditations should sometimes enter the mind , yet on them I advise not the gentle and tender heart to dwell too long . They are apt to produce a fruitless melancholy ...
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... scene of pleasures and pains , of fugitive joys and transient griefs , succeeding in a round to one another . Whether we look forward to the years of youth , or to those of manhood and advanced life , it is all the same . The world will ...
... scene of pleasures and pains , of fugitive joys and transient griefs , succeeding in a round to one another . Whether we look forward to the years of youth , or to those of manhood and advanced life , it is all the same . The world will ...
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