THE ENGLISH READERCalvin Spaulding, 1840 - 258 pagini |
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... philosopher expressed in his motto , that " time was his estate . " An estate indeed , which will produce no- thing without cultivation ; but which will always abundantly repay the labours of industry , and satisfy the most extensive ...
... philosopher expressed in his motto , that " time was his estate . " An estate indeed , which will produce no- thing without cultivation ; but which will always abundantly repay the labours of industry , and satisfy the most extensive ...
Pagina 43
... philosopher , the saint , or the hero , the wise , the good , or the great man , very often lies hid and con- cealed in a plebeian , which a proper education might have disinterred , and have brought to light . I am therefore much ...
... philosopher , the saint , or the hero , the wise , the good , or the great man , very often lies hid and con- cealed in a plebeian , which a proper education might have disinterred , and have brought to light . I am therefore much ...
Pagina 48
... philosophers , who think they stand in no need themselves of the assistance of religion to support their virtue , and who never feel the want of its consolations , would yet have the humanity to consider the very different situation of ...
... philosophers , who think they stand in no need themselves of the assistance of religion to support their virtue , and who never feel the want of its consolations , would yet have the humanity to consider the very different situation of ...
Pagina 54
... philosopher's stone ; and if it does not bring riches , it does the same thing , by banishing the desire of them . cannot remove the disquietudes arising from a man's mind , body , or fortune , it makes him easy under them . It has in ...
... philosopher's stone ; and if it does not bring riches , it does the same thing , by banishing the desire of them . cannot remove the disquietudes arising from a man's mind , body , or fortune , it makes him easy under them . It has in ...
Pagina 55
... philosopher , namely , " That no man has so much care , as he who en- deavours after the most happiness . " 1 11 In the second place , every one ought to reflect how much more unhappy he might be than he really is . The for- mer ...
... philosopher , namely , " That no man has so much care , as he who en- deavours after the most happiness . " 1 11 In the second place , every one ought to reflect how much more unhappy he might be than he really is . The for- mer ...
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