The Spectator. ...J. Tonson, 1724 |
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Page 186
... happy hereafter . UPON the whole , a contented Mind is the greatest Bleffing a Man can enjoy in this World ; and if in the prefent Life his Happiness arifes from the fubduing of his Defires , it will a rife in the next from the ...
... happy hereafter . UPON the whole , a contented Mind is the greatest Bleffing a Man can enjoy in this World ; and if in the prefent Life his Happiness arifes from the fubduing of his Defires , it will a rife in the next from the ...
Page 187
... happy ? Or , in o- ther Words , Whether we fhould en- deavour to fecure to our felves the Plea- fures and Gratifications of a Life which is uncertain and precarious , and at its utmoft Length of a very inconfiderable Duration ; or to ...
... happy ? Or , in o- ther Words , Whether we fhould en- deavour to fecure to our felves the Plea- fures and Gratifications of a Life which is uncertain and precarious , and at its utmoft Length of a very inconfiderable Duration ; or to ...
Page 190
... happy all the while this prodigious Mass of Sand was confuming by this flow Me- thod till there was not a Grain of it left , on condition you were to be mi- ferable for ever after ; or , fuppofing that you might be happy for ever af ...
... happy all the while this prodigious Mass of Sand was confuming by this flow Me- thod till there was not a Grain of it left , on condition you were to be mi- ferable for ever after ; or , fuppofing that you might be happy for ever af ...
Page 191
... But when the Choice we actually have be- fore us is this , Whether we will chufe to be happy for the Space of only threscore and ten , nay perhaps of only 6 twen- twenty or ten Years , I might say of on- Nes . The SPECTATOR . 191.
... But when the Choice we actually have be- fore us is this , Whether we will chufe to be happy for the Space of only threscore and ten , nay perhaps of only 6 twen- twenty or ten Years , I might say of on- Nes . The SPECTATOR . 191.
Page 192
... happy for a whole Eternity : What Words are fufficient to express that Folly and want of Confideration which in fuch a Cafe makes a wrong Choice ? I here put the Cafe even at the worst , by fuppofing ( what feldom happens ) that a ...
... happy for a whole Eternity : What Words are fufficient to express that Folly and want of Confideration which in fuch a Cafe makes a wrong Choice ? I here put the Cafe even at the worst , by fuppofing ( what feldom happens ) that a ...
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