The English Reader, EtcHenry Kiggins, 1843 - 252 стор. |
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... now , with so few causes of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil lies in the state of our mind , not in our condition of fortune : and by no alteration of circumstances is likely CHAP . L 19 SELECT SENTENCES .
... now , with so few causes of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil lies in the state of our mind , not in our condition of fortune : and by no alteration of circumstances is likely CHAP . L 19 SELECT SENTENCES .
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... Fortune is squandered ; health is bro- ken ; friends are offended , affronted , estranged ; aged pa- rents , perhaps , sent afflicted and mourning to the dust . On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? To whom ...
... Fortune is squandered ; health is bro- ken ; friends are offended , affronted , estranged ; aged pa- rents , perhaps , sent afflicted and mourning to the dust . On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? To whom ...
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... fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is ...
... fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room is ...
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... fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty pas sions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced desires , are the instruments of the trouble which we endure ...
... fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seat . Our disordered hearts , our guilty pas sions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced desires , are the instruments of the trouble which we endure ...
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... fortune , we are inured to habits both of the active and the suffering virtues . How much soever we com- plain of the vanity of the world , facts plainly show , that if its vanity were less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary ...
... fortune , we are inured to habits both of the active and the suffering virtues . How much soever we com- plain of the vanity of the world , facts plainly show , that if its vanity were less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary ...
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