The Gleaner

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Joseph S. Hart, 1834

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Page 37 - ... all the pleasures of the world, and consequently know their futility, and do not regret their loss. I appraise them at their real value, which is in truth very low; whereas those who have not experienced always over-rate them.
Page 37 - I reflect back upon what I have seen, what I have heard, and what I have done, I can hardly persuade myself that all that frivolous hurry and bustle...
Page 35 - He swore to be constant, she vow'd to be true. It had not been prudent to deal with delay. The bloom of a rose passes quickly away, And the pride of a butterfly dies in a day.
Page 29 - Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue. It is a kind of quick and delicate feeling in the soul, which makes her shrink and withdraw herself from every thing that has danger in it.
Page 37 - I have seen,' says this man of the world, " the silly rounds of business and pleasure, and have done with them all. I have enjoyed all the pleasures of the world, and consequently know their futility, and do not regret their loss.

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