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Our attachment to every object around us increases , in general , from the length
of our acquaintance with it . I would not chuse , ' says a French philosopher , . to
see an old post pulled up , with which I had been • long acquainted . ' ' A mind ...
Our attachment to every object around us increases , in general , from the length
of our acquaintance with it . I would not chuse , ' says a French philosopher , . to
see an old post pulled up , with which I had been • long acquainted . ' ' A mind ...
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Life sues the young like a new acquaintance ; the companion , as yet
unexhausted , is at once instructive and amusing ; its company pleases ; yet for
all this it is but little regarded . To us , who are declined in years , life appears like
an old ...
Life sues the young like a new acquaintance ; the companion , as yet
unexhausted , is at once instructive and amusing ; its company pleases ; yet for
all this it is but little regarded . To us , who are declined in years , life appears like
an old ...
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| Title | Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young |
| Publisher | G. Nicholson, 1796 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 16 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 20 pages |
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