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... Art thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peaceable and contented . Art thou wealthy ? -Show thy . self beneficent and charitable , condescending and humane . Though religion removes not all the evils of life ; though it ...
... Art thou poor ? -Show thyself active and industrious , peaceable and contented . Art thou wealthy ? -Show thy . self beneficent and charitable , condescending and humane . Though religion removes not all the evils of life ; though it ...
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... thy daughter again to life , " said an eastern sage to a prince who grieved immoderately for the loss of a beloved child , " provided thou art able to engrave on her tomb , the names of three persons who have never mourned . ” The ...
... thy daughter again to life , " said an eastern sage to a prince who grieved immoderately for the loss of a beloved child , " provided thou art able to engrave on her tomb , the names of three persons who have never mourned . ” The ...
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... thy condition , who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire ; and who hast no amusement in thy power , that can withhold thee from thy own reflections ! 5 They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail ...
... thy condition , who art doomed to the perpetual torments of unsatisfied desire ; and who hast no amusement in thy power , that can withhold thee from thy own reflections ! 5 They tell thee that thou art wise ; but what does wisdom avail ...
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... thou wish for sudden affluence , that may pour upon thee like the moun- tain torrent ; or for a slow and gradual ... art of praise was tried , and every source of adulatory fiction was exhausted . 11 Ortogrul heard his flatterers without ...
... thou wish for sudden affluence , that may pour upon thee like the moun- tain torrent ; or for a slow and gradual ... art of praise was tried , and every source of adulatory fiction was exhausted . 11 Ortogrul heard his flatterers without ...
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... thou canst bear with no instances of unreasonable behaviour , withdraw thyself from the world . Thou art no longer fit to live in it . Leave the intercourse of men . Re- treat to the mountain , and the desert ; or shut thyself up in a ...
... thou canst bear with no instances of unreasonable behaviour , withdraw thyself from the world . Thou art no longer fit to live in it . Leave the intercourse of men . Re- treat to the mountain , and the desert ; or shut thyself up in a ...
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Antiparos appear Archbishop of Cambray attention Bayle beauty behold BLAIR blessing bliss breast Caius Verres cheerful dark death delight Democritus Dioclesian distress divine dread earth enjoy enjoyment envy eternal ev'ry evil eyes father favour fear feel folly fortune friendship Fundanus give ground hand happiness hast Hazael heart heav'n HERACLITUS honour hope human indulge Jugurtha kind king labours live look Lord mankind mercy Micipsa midst mind misery mount Etna nature nature's never night noble Numidia o'er pain Pamphylia passions pause peace perfect person pleasures possession pow'r praise pride prince proper Pythias racter religion render rest rich rise scene SECTION sense shade shine Sicily smiles solitude sorrow soul sound spect spirit spring sweet tears temper tempest thee things thou art thought tion truth Tuning sweet vanity virtue virtuous voice wisdom wise youth