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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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Strange contradiction in our nature , and to which even the wise are liable ! If I
should judge of that part of life which lies before me , by that which I have already
seen , the prospect is hideous . Experience tells me , that my past enjoyments ...
Strange contradiction in our nature , and to which even the wise are liable ! If I
should judge of that part of life which lies before me , by that which I have already
seen , the prospect is hideous . Experience tells me , that my past enjoyments ...
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caying Nature , and the consciousness of surviving every pleasure , would , at
once induce him , with his own hand , to terminate the scene of misery : but ,
happily , the contempt of death forsakes him at a time when it could only be
prejudicial ...
caying Nature , and the consciousness of surviving every pleasure , would , at
once induce him , with his own hand , to terminate the scene of misery : but ,
happily , the contempt of death forsakes him at a time when it could only be
prejudicial ...
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It is natural to retain a tender regard for the country on which we have imprinted
our first steps , and where we have passed years , the memory of which is always
dear , because they were the preludes of life . I speak here of my infancy , which ...
It is natural to retain a tender regard for the country on which we have imprinted
our first steps , and where we have passed years , the memory of which is always
dear , because they were the preludes of life . I speak here of my infancy , which ...
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In that retreat , all nature seemed capable of affording pleasure . I then made no
refinements on happiness , but could be pleased with the most awkward efforts of
rustic mirth ; thought cross - purposes the highest stretch of human wit , and ...
In that retreat , all nature seemed capable of affording pleasure . I then made no
refinements on happiness , but could be pleased with the most awkward efforts of
rustic mirth ; thought cross - purposes the highest stretch of human wit , and ...
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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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