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I . ' It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one - tenth
part of their time to be employed in its service ; but idle . ness taxes many of us
much more ; sloth , by bringing on diseases , absolutely shortens life . " Sloth ,
like ...
I . ' It would be thought a hard government that should tax its people one - tenth
part of their time to be employed in its service ; but idle . ness taxes many of us
much more ; sloth , by bringing on diseases , absolutely shortens life . " Sloth ,
like ...
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If life be in youth so displeasing , ' cried he to himself , • what will it appear when
age comes on ? if it be at present indifferent , sure it will then be execrable . ' This
thought embittered every reflection ; till , at last , with all the serenity of perverted ...
If life be in youth so displeasing , ' cried he to himself , • what will it appear when
age comes on ? if it be at present indifferent , sure it will then be execrable . ' This
thought embittered every reflection ; till , at last , with all the serenity of perverted ...
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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 questions and commands the most rational way of spending the
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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 questions and commands the most rational way of spending the
...
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Every thing furnished him with an opportunity of mirth ; and though some thought
him , from his insensibility , a fool , he was such an ideot , as philosophers should
wish to imitate ; for all philosophy is only forcing the trade of happiness , when ...
Every thing furnished him with an opportunity of mirth ; and though some thought
him , from his insensibility , a fool , he was such an ideot , as philosophers should
wish to imitate ; for all philosophy is only forcing the trade of happiness , when ...
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If she too rejected his addresses , he never thought of retiring into deserts , or
pining in hopeless distress . He persuaded himself , that , instead of loving the
lady , he only fancied that he had loved her ; and so all was well again . When
fortune ...
If she too rejected his addresses , he never thought of retiring into deserts , or
pining in hopeless distress . He persuaded himself , that , instead of loving the
lady , he only fancied that he had loved her ; and so all was well again . When
fortune ...
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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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