The English Reader: Or, Pieces in Prose and Verse, from the Best WritersCollins and Company, 1832 - 252 oldal |
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19. oldal
... now , with so few causes of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil lies in the state of our mind , not in our condition of fortune and by no alteration of circumstances is it likely CHAP.I. 19 SELECT SENTENCES .
... now , with so few causes of grief , we imagine ourselves miserable ? The evil lies in the state of our mind , not in our condition of fortune and by no alteration of circumstances is it likely CHAP.I. 19 SELECT SENTENCES .
20. oldal
... Fortune is squandered ; health is bro- ken ; friends are offended , affronted , estranged ; aged parents , perhaps , sent afflicted and mourning to the dust . On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? To whom are ...
... Fortune is squandered ; health is bro- ken ; friends are offended , affronted , estranged ; aged parents , perhaps , sent afflicted and mourning to the dust . On whom does time hang so heavily , as on the slothful and lazy ? To whom are ...
25. oldal
... fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is ' surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room ...
... fortune makes on that scanty proportion ; it is ' surprising , that envy should ever have been a prevalent passion among men , much more that it should have prevailed among Christians . Where so much is suffered in common , little room ...
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... fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seats . Our disordered hearts , our guilty pas- sions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced desires , are the instruments of the trouble which we endure ...
... fortune and the elements . It is within ourselves that misery has fixed its seats . Our disordered hearts , our guilty pas- sions , our violent prejudices , and misplaced desires , are the instruments of the trouble which we endure ...
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... fortune , we are inured to habits both of the active and the suffering virtues . How much soever we complain of the va- nity of the world , facts plainly show , that if its vanity were less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary ...
... fortune , we are inured to habits both of the active and the suffering virtues . How much soever we complain of the va- nity of the world , facts plainly show , that if its vanity were less , it could not answer the purpose of salutary ...
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