The Hive of Ancient and Modern Literature: A Collection of Essays, Narratives, Allegories, and Instructive CompositionsS. Hodgson, 1806 - 340 pages |
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... happy experiment , he had found means to unite pleasure with bufinefs , and to gain the rewards of diligence , without fuffering its fatigues . He , there- fore , ftill continued to walk for a time , without the least remiffion of his ...
... happy experiment , he had found means to unite pleasure with bufinefs , and to gain the rewards of diligence , without fuffering its fatigues . He , there- fore , ftill continued to walk for a time , without the least remiffion of his ...
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... Happy are they , my fon , who fhall learn from thy example not to defpair , but fhall remember , that though the day is past , and their strength is wafted , there yet remains one ef- fort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless ...
... Happy are they , my fon , who fhall learn from thy example not to defpair , but fhall remember , that though the day is past , and their strength is wafted , there yet remains one ef- fort to be made ; that reformation is never hopeless ...
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... happy both now and hereafter . I defign therefore this fpeculation as an effay upon that fubject ; in which I will confider virtue no farther than as it is in itself of an amiable nature , after having premised , that I understand by ...
... happy both now and hereafter . I defign therefore this fpeculation as an effay upon that fubject ; in which I will confider virtue no farther than as it is in itself of an amiable nature , after having premised , that I understand by ...
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... happy , make hafte to give while his gift can be enjoyed , and remember , that every moment of delay takes away fomething from the value of his benefaction . And let him who feeks his own happiness , reflect , that while he forms his ...
... happy , make hafte to give while his gift can be enjoyed , and remember , that every moment of delay takes away fomething from the value of his benefaction . And let him who feeks his own happiness , reflect , that while he forms his ...
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... happy effects upon his own happiness ; for the reads , the dances , the fings , ufes her fpinet and lute , to the utmost perfection : And the lady's ufe of all thefe excellencies is , to divert the old man in his easy chair , when he is ...
... happy effects upon his own happiness ; for the reads , the dances , the fings , ufes her fpinet and lute , to the utmost perfection : And the lady's ufe of all thefe excellencies is , to divert the old man in his easy chair , when he is ...
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