The Secret of Long LifeH.S. King, 1871 - 145 páginas |
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... mean to stay in it as long as I can ; not from any fear of the future - which is unphilosophical , as I shall show hereafter - but because I hold that the soul , or self , can only be properly developed by thorough enjoyment of the ...
... mean to stay in it as long as I can ; not from any fear of the future - which is unphilosophical , as I shall show hereafter - but because I hold that the soul , or self , can only be properly developed by thorough enjoyment of the ...
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... enjoy is the only one that will show what I mean . I use it to signify that absolute fulfilment of one's destiny which gives perfect pleasure . It is quite possible - and to some minds easy 8 The Secret of Long Life .
... enjoy is the only one that will show what I mean . I use it to signify that absolute fulfilment of one's destiny which gives perfect pleasure . It is quite possible - and to some minds easy 8 The Secret of Long Life .
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... mean is village life as men lived it in the village of Colonos . I imagine a certain number of people , from one thousand to five , living in well - built dwellings suited to their position , each dwelling having its ap- propriate ...
... mean is village life as men lived it in the village of Colonos . I imagine a certain number of people , from one thousand to five , living in well - built dwellings suited to their position , each dwelling having its ap- propriate ...
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... means vulgar style . This being properly arranged , I do not know that the village need have any inn or tavern for its inhabitants ' use ; but I should incline to establish a place of reception for travellers , managed by a paid officer ...
... means vulgar style . This being properly arranged , I do not know that the village need have any inn or tavern for its inhabitants ' use ; but I should incline to establish a place of reception for travellers , managed by a paid officer ...
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... mean ) seem to understand this better than any of the orders below them : chivalry is not quite dead among them , and they have some reminiscence of the days when knights and troubadours of gentle blood shed that blood freely for God ...
... mean ) seem to understand this better than any of the orders below them : chivalry is not quite dead among them , and they have some reminiscence of the days when knights and troubadours of gentle blood shed that blood freely for God ...
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The Secret of Long Life [By E.J.M. Collins] Edward James Mortimer Collins Sin vista previa disponible - 2015 |
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Página 32 - It is not growing like a tree In bulk, doth make man better be; Or standing long an oak, three hundred year, To fall a log at last, dry, bald, and sear. A lily of a day Is fairer far, in May, Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures life may perfect be.
Página 94 - And lose to-morrow the ground won to-day — Ah ! do not we, wanderer ! await it too ? Yes, we await it! — but it still delays, And then we suffer! and amongst us one, Who most has suffer'd, takes dejectedly His seat upon the intellectual throne; And all his store of sad experience he Lays bare of wretched days...