Essays and LettersJohn Sharpe, 1820 - 340 Seiten |
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... the court of France . Read him , imitate him , my young friends : you will find it the sure way to wealth , to honours , and to happiness . October , 1820 , ESSAYS AND LETTERS ON MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS . THE ADVERTISEMENT .
... the court of France . Read him , imitate him , my young friends : you will find it the sure way to wealth , to honours , and to happiness . October , 1820 , ESSAYS AND LETTERS ON MORAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS . THE ADVERTISEMENT .
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... happiness , as rough and dreadful as she has been made to appear , is in truth the kindest and most beautiful mistress in the world . Hor . Prithee , Philocles , do not wrap yourself in allegory and metaphor . Why do you tease me thus ...
... happiness , as rough and dreadful as she has been made to appear , is in truth the kindest and most beautiful mistress in the world . Hor . Prithee , Philocles , do not wrap yourself in allegory and metaphor . Why do you tease me thus ...
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... happiness to - morrow , next week , or next year : but as we all wish to live , we are obliged by reason to take as much care for our fu- ture as our present happiness , and not to build one upon the ruins of the other : but if ...
... happiness to - morrow , next week , or next year : but as we all wish to live , we are obliged by reason to take as much care for our fu- ture as our present happiness , and not to build one upon the ruins of the other : but if ...
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... happiness , like the rest of the ani- mal creation , in the gratification of sense . Hor . I did so ; but in our last conversation , when walking upon the brow of this hill , and looking down on that broad , rapid river , and yon widely ...
... happiness , like the rest of the ani- mal creation , in the gratification of sense . Hor . I did so ; but in our last conversation , when walking upon the brow of this hill , and looking down on that broad , rapid river , and yon widely ...
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... happiness ? or rather do not you find the pleasure grow upon you by repeti- tion , and that it is greater in the reflection than in the act itself ? Is there a pleasure upon earth to be compared with that which arises from the sense of ...
... happiness ? or rather do not you find the pleasure grow upon you by repeti- tion , and that it is greater in the reflection than in the act itself ? Is there a pleasure upon earth to be compared with that which arises from the sense of ...
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