Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, Том 6author, 1797 |
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... faid the ftranger " thou feeft before thee a man whom the hand of profperity has overwhelmed with wretchednefs . Whatever I once defired as the means of happiness , I now poffefs , but I am not yet happy , and therefore I defpair . I ...
... faid the ftranger " thou feeft before thee a man whom the hand of profperity has overwhelmed with wretchednefs . Whatever I once defired as the means of happiness , I now poffefs , but I am not yet happy , and therefore I defpair . I ...
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... faid I , " to what purpose are ye bufy ? If to produce happiness , by whom is it enjoyed ? Do the linens . of Egypt , and the filks of Perfia , bestow felicity on those who wear them , equal to the wretchedness of yonder flaves whom I ...
... faid I , " to what purpose are ye bufy ? If to produce happiness , by whom is it enjoyed ? Do the linens . of Egypt , and the filks of Perfia , bestow felicity on those who wear them , equal to the wretchedness of yonder flaves whom I ...
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... faid he , " is before thee ; look up , confider it , and be wife . " I looked , and beheld a valley between two mountains that were craggy and barren ; on the path there was no verdure , and the mountains afforded no fhade ; the fun ...
... faid he , " is before thee ; look up , confider it , and be wife . " I looked , and beheld a valley between two mountains that were craggy and barren ; on the path there was no verdure , and the mountains afforded no fhade ; the fun ...
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... faid he , " re- member what thou haft feen , and let this memo- rial be written upon the tablets of thy heart . Remember , Almet , that the world in which thou art placed , is but the road to another ; and that happiness depends not ...
... faid he , " re- member what thou haft feen , and let this memo- rial be written upon the tablets of thy heart . Remember , Almet , that the world in which thou art placed , is but the road to another ; and that happiness depends not ...
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... ( faid he , ) I. fhall be mindful of your affair , if , on your fide , you will be mindful of your falvation . I have been told that you was once very handsome : that time , you know , is past and gone ; the beauty of the body fades away ...
... ( faid he , ) I. fhall be mindful of your affair , if , on your fide , you will be mindful of your falvation . I have been told that you was once very handsome : that time , you know , is past and gone ; the beauty of the body fades away ...
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Страница 8 - remember what thou hast seen, and let this memorial be written upon the tablets of thy heart. Remember, Almet, that the world in which thou art placed, is but the road to another; and that happiness depends not upon the path, but the end: the value of this period of thy existence is fixed by hope and fear.