Guide to Social Happiness, Parts 1-4E. Walker, 1847 |
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... enjoyment it has afforded to the writer , in being the means of a re- newed acquaintance with the prin- ciples of intellectual happiness , is already in possession ; and I have only to wish that the reader may be induced to seek the ...
... enjoyment it has afforded to the writer , in being the means of a re- newed acquaintance with the prin- ciples of intellectual happiness , is already in possession ; and I have only to wish that the reader may be induced to seek the ...
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... enjoyment , casts this gar- land at the feet of the sordid and busy mul- titude , who pause , not to admire , but tram- ple its vivid beauty in the dust . It is this principle that will not let the intellectual fac- uities remain ...
... enjoyment , casts this gar- land at the feet of the sordid and busy mul- titude , who pause , not to admire , but tram- ple its vivid beauty in the dust . It is this principle that will not let the intellectual fac- uities remain ...
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... enjoyment of the magnificent whole . In the general contemplation of external nature , we feel the influence of Poetry , though chiefly and almost exclusively in ob- jects which are , in themselves or their asso- ciations , beautiful or ...
... enjoyment of the magnificent whole . In the general contemplation of external nature , we feel the influence of Poetry , though chiefly and almost exclusively in ob- jects which are , in themselves or their asso- ciations , beautiful or ...
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... enjoyment , are invested with a charm they knew not at the time . A veil is thrown over the petty cares of by- gone years passion is disarmed of its earth - born violence , and sorrow looks so lovely in the distance , that we almost per ...
... enjoyment , are invested with a charm they knew not at the time . A veil is thrown over the petty cares of by- gone years passion is disarmed of its earth - born violence , and sorrow looks so lovely in the distance , that we almost per ...
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... enjoyment ; while one , in whose sad heart the springs of memory are opened , will turn away unnoticed in that happy crowd , to hide the tears which the thoughts of home and early days , when that strain was first heard , have called ...
... enjoyment ; while one , in whose sad heart the springs of memory are opened , will turn away unnoticed in that happy crowd , to hide the tears which the thoughts of home and early days , when that strain was first heard , have called ...
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