The World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen9David Josiah Brewer, Edward Archibald Allen, William Schuyler F.P. Kaiser, 1900 - 4190 páginas |
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... Ruined Chapel The Gardens of Pleasure In a Far - Off World The Artist's Secret c . 1863- 3379 SCOTT , SIR WALTER 1771-1832 The Character and Habits of Swift 3388 Lord Byron SELDEN , JOHN Table - Talk Changing Sides Contracts Evil.
... Ruined Chapel The Gardens of Pleasure In a Far - Off World The Artist's Secret c . 1863- 3379 SCOTT , SIR WALTER 1771-1832 The Character and Habits of Swift 3388 Lord Byron SELDEN , JOHN Table - Talk Changing Sides Contracts Evil.
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... pleasure are crossed by poignant and bitter afflictions . Where is the man who has learned to content himself with this satisfaction and dispense with every other ? His felicity is independent and unchangeable ; that is the true sage ...
... pleasure are crossed by poignant and bitter afflictions . Where is the man who has learned to content himself with this satisfaction and dispense with every other ? His felicity is independent and unchangeable ; that is the true sage ...
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... pleasure we find in its exercise . We attach our selves to the unfortunate object that we relieve , and the assistance we give him becomes a want to those by whom it is administered . He who has once caused the tears of gratitude to ...
... pleasure we find in its exercise . We attach our selves to the unfortunate object that we relieve , and the assistance we give him becomes a want to those by whom it is administered . He who has once caused the tears of gratitude to ...
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... pleasures that must thence result . Complete . VIRTUE AN INSPIRATION VIRTU VIRTUE is not to be demonstrated , it is calculated to be felt ; we must inspire it , and not preach it up ; it is by far the best thing in the world , but it is ...
... pleasures that must thence result . Complete . VIRTUE AN INSPIRATION VIRTU VIRTUE is not to be demonstrated , it is calculated to be felt ; we must inspire it , and not preach it up ; it is by far the best thing in the world , but it is ...
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... pleasure . And every man , wherever placed , however far from other sources of interest or of beauty , has this doing for him constantly . The noblest scenes of the earth can be seen and known but by few ; it is not intended that man ...
... pleasure . And every man , wherever placed , however far from other sources of interest or of beauty , has this doing for him constantly . The noblest scenes of the earth can be seen and known but by few ; it is not intended that man ...
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