The Brief Remarker on the Ways of Man: Or, Compendious Dissertations, Respecting Social and Domestic Relations and Concerns, and the Various Economy of LifeD. Appleton, 1855 - 460 Seiten |
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... happy to complain , and too grateful to repine . The root of our uneasiness is altogether in our own minds , and without a thorough change there , no change of place or of outward circum- stances could quiet us . What though all our ...
... happy to complain , and too grateful to repine . The root of our uneasiness is altogether in our own minds , and without a thorough change there , no change of place or of outward circum- stances could quiet us . What though all our ...
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... happy than really to be so ; and hence we willingly abridge our real enjoyments for the sake of seeming to possess enjoyments superior to those that are altogether common to mankind . Now the general opinion of society ( a very erro ...
... happy than really to be so ; and hence we willingly abridge our real enjoyments for the sake of seeming to possess enjoyments superior to those that are altogether common to mankind . Now the general opinion of society ( a very erro ...
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... Happy man ! Happy the children of such a father , and the community that has such a pattern ! As the richest families may be beggared by extravagance , much sooner will it consume one's all when that all is but little- and what avails ...
... Happy man ! Happy the children of such a father , and the community that has such a pattern ! As the richest families may be beggared by extravagance , much sooner will it consume one's all when that all is but little- and what avails ...
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... happy improvement in their condition , they are indebted to Christianity , which , as well by humanizing and purifying the heart , as by the prohibition of polygamy , has loosed the bonds of their captivity , and , at the same time ...
... happy improvement in their condition , they are indebted to Christianity , which , as well by humanizing and purifying the heart , as by the prohibition of polygamy , has loosed the bonds of their captivity , and , at the same time ...
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... happy of women ; while , not rarely , their very beauty has been their ruin . And , indeed , if we were to make a general survey of the ex- traordinary gifts of nature , and to weigh together , in an even balance , their advantages and ...
... happy of women ; while , not rarely , their very beauty has been their ruin . And , indeed , if we were to make a general survey of the ex- traordinary gifts of nature , and to weigh together , in an even balance , their advantages and ...
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alike altogether ancient Greece attention betimes body Carim character child Christian circumstances civilized common condition conjugal rites decalogue degree dispositions enjoyment evil excellent faculties fashion faults feelings female former FREDERICK SCHROEDER friends give golden mean habits hand happy heart Heir of Redclyffe honest honor human industry instances kind knowledge labor learning less living mankind manner marked victims marriage means memory mind moral nature neglect neighbors Neoptolemus never NUMBER pains parents passions perhaps persons Philoctetes pleasure possessed poverty present Prince of Condé principle prudence qualities rank reading reason regard remark respect rich ruin SAMUEL OSGOOD scarcely seldom Sempronia sense shame Sirach society sort speak species temper thee thing thou thought tion tongue truth turn vanity Virginia Comedians virtue wealth whole woman women wonderful boy words worldly wretched young youth