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" True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. "
The Spectator: In Eight Volumes. : Vol. I[-VIII]. - Page 70
1803
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 618 pages
...able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles. True hapiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise...itself, and receives no addition from multitudes of wituesses and spectators. On the contrary, false happiness loves to be in a crowd, and to draw the...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: Including the Whole Contents of Bp ..., Volume 4

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 620 pages
...able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles. True hapiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise...wants within itself, and receives no addition from multitades of witnesses and spectators. On the contrary, false happiness loves to be in a crowd, and...
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The Works of the Right Honourable Joseph Addison: The Tatler and Spectator ...

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 536 pages
...displayed, are able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to...fountains, fields and meadows : in short, it feels everything it wants within itself, and receives no addition from multitudes of witnesses and spectators....
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The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 624 pages
...able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and ramblei^^.^True hapiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise...first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in tho next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. It loves shade and solitude,...
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The Works of Joseph Addison: The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1854 - 626 pages
...able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles. True hapiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in tKe first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation...
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Laconics: Or the Best Words of the Best Authors ...

John Timbs - 1856 - 378 pages
...the air what the solidity of the structure requires to be on the ground. — Burhe. DCCCCXLV. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to...thing it wants within itself and receives no addition I from multitudes of witnesses and spectators. On the contrary, false happiness loves to be in a crowd,...
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The works of ... Joseph Addison, with notes by R. Hurd, Volume 2

Joseph Addison - 1856 - 524 pages
...displayed, are able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to...fountains, fields and meadows : in short, it feels everything it wants within itself, and receives no addition from multitudes of witnesses and spectators....
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Great Truths by Great Authors: A Dictionary of Aids to Reflection ...

1856 - 570 pages
...does not consist in our being devoid of Passions, but in our learning to command them. Addison. T'RUE Happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to...Friendship and Conversation of a few select Companions : false Happiness loves to be in a crowd, and to draw the eyes of the world upon her. She does not...
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The Spectator

Joseph Addison - 1856 - 622 pages
...able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles. True hapiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise...place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and in the nest, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions. It loves shade and solitude,...
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Laconics, Or The Best Words of the Best Authors

1856 - 374 pages
...the air what the solidity of the structure requires to be on the ground. — Burhe. DCCCCXLV. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to...and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enloyment of one's self ; and in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions...
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