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So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times ? We may make these times
better , if we bestir ourselves . “ Industry need not wish , and he that lives upon
hope will die fasting . There are no gains without pains ; then help hands , for I ...
So what signifies wishing and hoping for better times ? We may make these times
better , if we bestir ourselves . “ Industry need not wish , and he that lives upon
hope will die fasting . There are no gains without pains ; then help hands , for I ...
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Is it that Naa ture attentive to the preservation of mankind , increases our wishes
to live , while she lessens our ena joyments ? and , as she robs the senses of
every plea . sure , equips imagination in the spoils ? Life would be insupportable
to ...
Is it that Naa ture attentive to the preservation of mankind , increases our wishes
to live , while she lessens our ena joyments ? and , as she robs the senses of
every plea . sure , equips imagination in the spoils ? Life would be insupportable
to ...
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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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| 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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