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No man can be happy in idleness : he that should be condemned to lie torpid and
motionless , " would fly for recreation ( says South ) to the mines and gah lies ; "
and it is well when nature or fortune finds em ployment for those , who would not
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No man can be happy in idleness : he that should be condemned to lie torpid and
motionless , " would fly for recreation ( says South ) to the mines and gah lies ; "
and it is well when nature or fortune finds em ployment for those , who would not
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He had a complete fortune of his own , and the love of the king his master , which
was equivalent to riches . Life opened all her treasures before him , and
promised a long succession of future happiness . He came , tasted of the
entertainment ...
He had a complete fortune of his own , and the love of the king his master , which
was equivalent to riches . Life opened all her treasures before him , and
promised a long succession of future happiness . He came , tasted of the
entertainment ...
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When fortune worę her angriest look , and he at last fell into the power of his most
deadly enemy , Cardinal Mazarine , ( being confined a close prisoner in the
castle of Valencia ennes , ) he never attempted to support his distress by wisdom
or ...
When fortune worę her angriest look , and he at last fell into the power of his most
deadly enemy , Cardinal Mazarine , ( being confined a close prisoner in the
castle of Valencia ennes , ) he never attempted to support his distress by wisdom
or ...
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