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... live and shall be unhappy , except I spend the rest of my days where my youth was passed ; in that prison from whence you were pleas- ed to release me . ' The old man's passion for con- finement is similar to that we all have for life ...
... live and shall be unhappy , except I spend the rest of my days where my youth was passed ; in that prison from whence you were pleas- ed to release me . ' The old man's passion for con- finement is similar to that we all have for life ...
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... live , and served that society , by his future assidu- ity , which he basely injured by his dissertion . ATTACHMENT TO PLACES . It is natural to retain a tender regard for the country on which we have imprinted our first steps , and ...
... live , and served that society , by his future assidu- ity , which he basely injured by his dissertion . ATTACHMENT TO PLACES . It is natural to retain a tender regard for the country on which we have imprinted our first steps , and ...
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... live in an age where great words impose , and where men think themselves to be eminent geniuses , if they only con- trive a set of singular opinions . Distrust those writ- ers who employ themselves rather about the style than the matter ...
... live in an age where great words impose , and where men think themselves to be eminent geniuses , if they only con- trive a set of singular opinions . Distrust those writ- ers who employ themselves rather about the style than the matter ...
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Preceptive, Moral, and Sentimental Pieces: On the Duties of the Young, Issue 10 Hugh Blair,Rollin,Thomas Percival No preview available - 2016 |
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Almanack animal without feathers animating some happier ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD appears ard says aspiring disposition auction beauteous feathers burst the prison callow infancy Chinvang creditor diligence disposition and unbounded distress dress EDWARD PERCIVAL ENDEARED BY AGE ENJOYMENTS OF EARLY EPITAPH Father Abraham fledged pinions folly fool FRENCH OF GANGANELLI friends frugality GOLDSMITH grated prison happier form happy Elysium harmonious sorrow hath health to enjoy heap of beauteous heard to petition hope for retribution hope of animating humour idle indignant soul burst innocence can hope keep left a lifeless legged animal lifeless heap live Mathematician Mathematics mour ness never oft-removed person of unblemished philosophy pitiless hands pleasure Poor Dick Poor Rich Poor Richard says pride purse RICHARD ACANTHUS RICHARD SAUNDERS rough and pitiless run in debt Sloth sure thee thing thou tired with fruitless unalienable rights undoubted charter view those fields violent clamours WEALTH