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... happiness to be estimated by the assemblies of the gay , or the banquets of the rich . The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay they whose aggregate constitutes the people , are found in the streets and the villages , in the ...
... happiness to be estimated by the assemblies of the gay , or the banquets of the rich . The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay they whose aggregate constitutes the people , are found in the streets and the villages , in the ...
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... happiness . The devastation of the smallpox , when it visits places where it comes seldom , is well known . He has disarmed it of its terrour at Muack , by inoculating eighty of his people . The expence was two shillings and sixpence a ...
... happiness . The devastation of the smallpox , when it visits places where it comes seldom , is well known . He has disarmed it of its terrour at Muack , by inoculating eighty of his people . The expence was two shillings and sixpence a ...
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... happiness may not endanger others ? whether the pride of riches must not sometimes have recourse to the protection of courage ? and whether , if it be neces- sary to preserve in some part of the empire the military spirit , it can ...
... happiness may not endanger others ? whether the pride of riches must not sometimes have recourse to the protection of courage ? and whether , if it be neces- sary to preserve in some part of the empire the military spirit , it can ...
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... happier by the change ; but they are not happy as a nation , for they are a nation no longer . As they contribute not to the prosperity of any community , they must want that security , that dignity , that happiness , whatever it be ...
... happier by the change ; but they are not happy as a nation , for they are a nation no longer . As they contribute not to the prosperity of any community , they must want that security , that dignity , that happiness , whatever it be ...
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... happiness on the branches , and waste their lives in tuning one unvaried series of sounds . I likewise can call the lutanist and the singer , but the sounds that pleased me yesterday weary me to - day , and will grow yet more weari ...
... happiness on the branches , and waste their lives in tuning one unvaried series of sounds . I likewise can call the lutanist and the singer , but the sounds that pleased me yesterday weary me to - day , and will grow yet more weari ...
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Página 144 - We were now treading that illustrious island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Página 186 - The business of a poet," said Imlac, " is to examine, \ not the individual, but the species ; to remark general properties and large appearances : he does not number the streaks of the tulip, or describe the different shades in the verdure of the forest.
Página 319 - But did not chance at length her error mend? Did no subverted empire mark his end? Did rival monarchs give the fatal wound? Or hostile millions press him to the ground? His fall was destined to a barren strand, A petty fortress, and a dubious hand; He left the name at which the world grew pale, To point a moral, or adorn a tale.
Página 177 - I should with great alacrity teach them all to fly. But what would be the security of the good, if the bad could at pleasure invade them from the sky? • Against an army sailing through the clouds, neither walls, nor mountains, nor seas could afford any security. A flight of northern savages might hover in the wind, and light at once with irresistible violence upon the capital of a fruitful region that was rolling under them.
Página 321 - New sorrow rises as the day returns, A sister sickens, or a daughter mourns. Now kindred merit fills the sable bier, Now lacerated friendship claims a tear.
Página 227 - No man can taste the fruits of autumn while he is delighting his scent with the flowers of the spring : no man can, at the same time, fill his cup from the source and from the mouth of the Nile.
Página 323 - For patience, sovereign o'er transmuted ill; For faith, that, panting for a happier seat. Counts death kind Nature's signal of retreat. These goods for man the laws of Heaven ordain, These goods He grants, who grants the power to gain ; With these celestial Wisdom calms the mind, And makes the happiness she does not find.
Página 553 - Imlac,) I will not undertake to maintain, against the concurrent and unvaried testimony of all ages, and of all nations. There is no people, rude or learned, among whom apparitions of the dead are not related and believed. This opinion, which prevails as far as human nature is diffused, could become universal only by its truth...
Página 319 - He left the name, at which the world grew pale To point a moral, or adorn a tale. All times their scenes of pompous woes afford, From Persia's tyrant to Bavaria's lord.
Página 224 - Such is the common process of marriage. A youth and maiden meeting by chance, or brought together by artifice, exchange glances, reciprocate civilities, go home and dream of one another. Having little to divert attention, or diversify thought, they find themselves uneasy when they are apart, and therefore conclude that they shall be happy together.