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... ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the gratitude of those whom he obliges , by ...
... ground ! It springs up , is gathered into his barns , and crowns his labours with joy and plenty . Thus the man who distributes his fortune with generosity and prudence , is amply repaid by the gratitude of those whom he obliges , by ...
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... ground to dread that the ruin of virtue is fast approaching . By disappointments and trials the violence of our pas- sions is tamed , and our minds are formed to sobriety and re- flection . In the varieties of life , occasioned by the ...
... ground to dread that the ruin of virtue is fast approaching . By disappointments and trials the violence of our pas- sions is tamed , and our minds are formed to sobriety and re- flection . In the varieties of life , occasioned by the ...
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... ground , the discoloured foliage of the trees , and all the sweet , but fading graces of inspiring autumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contemplation , I was wandering in a beautiful and ro- mantic country , till ...
... ground , the discoloured foliage of the trees , and all the sweet , but fading graces of inspiring autumn , open the mind to benevolence , and dispose it for contemplation , I was wandering in a beautiful and ro- mantic country , till ...
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... ground seemed to slide from beneath their feet , and they found themselves at the bottom , before they suspected they had changed their place . 12 The placid serenity , which at first appeared in their countenance , changed by degrees ...
... ground seemed to slide from beneath their feet , and they found themselves at the bottom , before they suspected they had changed their place . 12 The placid serenity , which at first appeared in their countenance , changed by degrees ...
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... ground , and to end at last in the common road . 7 Having thus calmed his solicitude , he renewed his pace , though he suspected that he was not gaining ground . This uneasiness of his mind inclined him to lay hold on every new object ...
... ground , and to end at last in the common road . 7 Having thus calmed his solicitude , he renewed his pace , though he suspected that he was not gaining ground . This uneasiness of his mind inclined him to lay hold on every new object ...
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Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing bliss breast Caius Verres cheerful dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil eyes father favour fear feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus give ground hand happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n HERACLITUS honour hope human indulge Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery mount Etna nature nature's never night noble Numidia o'er pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfect person pleasures possession pow'r praise pride prince proper Pythias racter religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION sense shade shine Sicily smiles solitude sorrow soul sound spect spirit spring sweet tears temper tempest thee things thou art thought tion truth Tuning sweet vanity virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise youth