The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best WritersCollins and Company, 1832 - 252 pagini |
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... his time and pains have been well employed , and will deem himself amply rewarded . A HARVARD UNIVERSIl LIBRARY 047X172 OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING . To read PREFACE . The road to happiness open to all men,
... his time and pains have been well employed , and will deem himself amply rewarded . A HARVARD UNIVERSIl LIBRARY 047X172 OBSERVATIONS ON THE PRINCIPLES OF GOOD READING . To read PREFACE . The road to happiness open to all men,
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... happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise . In order to acquire a capacity for happiness , it must be our first study to rectify inward disorders . Whatever purifies , fortifies also the heart . From our eagerness ...
... happiness is of a retired nature and an enemy to pomp and noise . In order to acquire a capacity for happiness , it must be our first study to rectify inward disorders . Whatever purifies , fortifies also the heart . From our eagerness ...
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... happiness of every man depends more upon the state of his own mind , than upon any one external circumstance : nay , more than upon all external things put together . In no station , in no period , let us think ourselves secure from the ...
... happiness of every man depends more upon the state of his own mind , than upon any one external circumstance : nay , more than upon all external things put together . In no station , in no period , let us think ourselves secure from the ...
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... happiness reflect , that while he forms his purpose , the day rolls on , and " the night cometh when no man can work . " To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be ; and what flatters most is always farthest from ...
... happiness reflect , that while he forms his purpose , the day rolls on , and " the night cometh when no man can work . " To sensual persons , hardly any thing is what it appears to be ; and what flatters most is always farthest from ...
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... happiness ; intemperance , by enervating them , ends generally in misery . Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious ; but an ill one , mose contemptible . Vice is infamous , though in a prince ; and virtue honourable ...
... happiness ; intemperance , by enervating them , ends generally in misery . Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious ; but an ill one , mose contemptible . Vice is infamous , though in a prince ; and virtue honourable ...
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