The English Reader, Or, Pieces in Prose and PoetryJ. D. Bemis and Company, 1822 - 272 páginas |
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CHAPTER IV . — Argumentative Pieces . SEC . 1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct , 2. Virtue man's highest interest , 3. The injustice of an uncharitable spirit , 4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on them- selves ...
CHAPTER IV . — Argumentative Pieces . SEC . 1. Happiness is founded in rectitude of conduct , 2. Virtue man's highest interest , 3. The injustice of an uncharitable spirit , 4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on them- selves ...
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... happiness of life , 162 14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively con- sidered , 164 15. On the power of custom , and the uses to which it may be applied , 166 16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our facul ...
... happiness of life , 162 14. The planetary and terrestrial worlds comparatively con- sidered , 164 15. On the power of custom , and the uses to which it may be applied , 166 16. The pleasures resulting from a proper use of our facul ...
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... happiness open to all men , 244 4. The goodness of Providence , 245 5. The Creator's works attest his greatness , ib . 6. Address to the Deity , 246 7. The pursuit of happiness often ill directed , 247 8. The fire - side , 249 9 ...
... happiness open to all men , 244 4. The goodness of Providence , 245 5. The Creator's works attest his greatness , ib . 6. Address to the Deity , 246 7. The pursuit of happiness often ill directed , 247 8. The fire - side , 249 9 ...
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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 ...
... 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 ...
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... happiness than misery , more pleasure than pain , in the condition of man . Society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , diversity of conditions , subordination of ranks , and a mul- tiplicity of occupations , in order to ...
... happiness than misery , more pleasure than pain , in the condition of man . Society , when formed , requires distinctions of property , diversity of conditions , subordination of ranks , and a mul- tiplicity of occupations , in order to ...
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Términos y frases comunes
affections Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold blessing Caius Verres character cheerful comfort dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil fall father fear feel folly fortune Fundanus give Greek language ground hand happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n Heraclitus honor hope human indulge inflection innocence Jugurtha kind king labors live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery Mount Etna nature never noble Numidia o'er ourselves pain passions pause peace perfect person pleasure possession pow'r praise present pride prince proper Pythias reading reason religion render rest rich rise Roman Senate scene SECTION sense sentence sentiments shade shining Sicily smiles sorrow soul sound spirit stancy suffer temper tempest thee things thou thought tion truth vanity vice virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise words youth