World's Laconics Being Choice Thoughts of Best Authors in Prose and PoetryDodd, 1871 - 432 pages |
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... sorrows , the guide of my soul through this gloomy labyrinth of time , the telescope sent from heaven to reveal to the eye the amazing glories of the far distant world . - of man BIBLE . The Bible is a window in this prison of hope ...
... sorrows , the guide of my soul through this gloomy labyrinth of time , the telescope sent from heaven to reveal to the eye the amazing glories of the far distant world . - of man BIBLE . The Bible is a window in this prison of hope ...
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... sorrow , real pov- erty . - Hume . CHEERFULNESS AND MIRTH . - Cheerfulness is always to be kept up if a man is out of pain ; but mirth , to a prudent man , should always be accidental . It should naturally arise out of the occasion ...
... sorrow , real pov- erty . - Hume . CHEERFULNESS AND MIRTH . - Cheerfulness is always to be kept up if a man is out of pain ; but mirth , to a prudent man , should always be accidental . It should naturally arise out of the occasion ...
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... sorrows , and disappoint the injuries of time . Parents repeat their lives in their offspring ; and their esteem for them is so great , that they feel their sufferings and taste their enjoyments as much as if they were their own ...
... sorrows , and disappoint the injuries of time . Parents repeat their lives in their offspring ; and their esteem for them is so great , that they feel their sufferings and taste their enjoyments as much as if they were their own ...
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... sorrows which do not belong to them . There is no real life but cheerful life ; therefore valetudinarians should be sworn , before they enter into company , not to say a word of themselves until the meeting breaks up - Spectator ...
... sorrows which do not belong to them . There is no real life but cheerful life ; therefore valetudinarians should be sworn , before they enter into company , not to say a word of themselves until the meeting breaks up - Spectator ...
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... sorrow , discontent , with more of gall than honey in their enjoyments , who are rather pos- sessed by their money than possessors of it ; mancipati pecuniis , bound ' prentices to their property ; and , serv divitiarum , mean slaves ...
... sorrow , discontent , with more of gall than honey in their enjoyments , who are rather pos- sessed by their money than possessors of it ; mancipati pecuniis , bound ' prentices to their property ; and , serv divitiarum , mean slaves ...
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