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... happiness , in long perspec- tive , still beckons me to pursue ; and like a losing gamester , every new disappointment increases my ar- dour to continue the game . Whence then is this increased love of life , which grows upon us with ...
... happiness , in long perspec- tive , still beckons me to pursue ; and like a losing gamester , every new disappointment increases my ar- dour to continue the game . Whence then is this increased love of life , which grows upon us with ...
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... happiness . He came , tasted of the entertainment , but was disgusted even at the beginning . He professed an aversion to living ; was tired of walking round the same circle ; had tried every enjoyment , and found them all grow weaker ...
... happiness . He came , tasted of the entertainment , but was disgusted even at the beginning . He professed an aversion to living ; was tired of walking round the same circle ; had tried every enjoyment , and found them all grow weaker ...
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... happiness , but could be pleased with the most awkward efforts of rustic mirth ; thought cross - purposes the highest stretch of human wit , and questions and commands the most rational way of spending the evening . Hap- py , could so ...
... happiness , but could be pleased with the most awkward efforts of rustic mirth ; thought cross - purposes the highest stretch of human wit , and questions and commands the most rational way of spending the evening . Hap- py , could so ...
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... happiness , when Nature seems to deny the means . They who , like our slave , can place themselves on that side of the world in which every thing appears in a pleasing light , will find something in every occur . rence to excite their ...
... happiness , when Nature seems to deny the means . They who , like our slave , can place themselves on that side of the world in which every thing appears in a pleasing light , will find something in every occur . rence to excite their ...
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... happiness to ourselves ; and none but a fool would measure his satisfaction by what the world thinks of it . For my ... happiest silly fellow I ever knew , was of the number of those good - natur- ed creatures , that are said to do no ...
... happiness to ourselves ; and none but a fool would measure his satisfaction by what the world thinks of it . For my ... happiest silly fellow I ever knew , was of the number of those good - natur- ed creatures , that are said to do no ...
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Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Hugh Blair,Rollin,Thomas Percival No preview available - 2016 |
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Almanack animal without feathers animating some happier ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD appears ard says aspiring disposition auction beauteous feathers burst the prison callow infancy Chinvang creditor diligence disposition and unbounded distress dress EDWARD PERCIVAL ENDEARED BY AGE ENJOYMENTS OF EARLY EPITAPH Father Abraham fledged pinions folly fool FRENCH OF GANGANELLI friends frugality GOLDSMITH grated prison happier form happy Elysium harmonious sorrow hath health to enjoy heap of beauteous heard to petition hope for retribution hope of animating humour idle indignant soul burst innocence can hope keep left a lifeless legged animal lifeless heap live Mathematician Mathematics mour ness never oft-removed person of unblemished philosophy pitiless hands pleasure Poor Dick Poor Rich Poor Richard says pride purse RICHARD ACANTHUS RICHARD SAUNDERS rough and pitiless run in debt Sloth sure thee thing thou tired with fruitless unalienable rights undoubted charter view those fields violent clamours WEALTH