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243 246 VALVE , never open the wrong one .... VANITY , the froth of pride VARIETY , the spice of life 250 252 254 Wit , more ornamental than useful WOMAN , nature and treatment of .. 255 260 XANTIPPE , on scolding XENIADES , patriotism ...
243 246 VALVE , never open the wrong one .... VANITY , the froth of pride VARIETY , the spice of life 250 252 254 Wit , more ornamental than useful WOMAN , nature and treatment of .. 255 260 XANTIPPE , on scolding XENIADES , patriotism ...
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Constantly surrounded by the varied and varying beauties of nature , and the never ceasing and harmonious operations of her laws , his mind is led to contemplate the wisdom of the great Architect of worlds , and the natural philosophy ...
Constantly surrounded by the varied and varying beauties of nature , and the never ceasing and harmonious operations of her laws , his mind is led to contemplate the wisdom of the great Architect of worlds , and the natural philosophy ...
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Ambition is at distance A goodly prospect , tempting to the view : The height delights us , and the mountain top Looks beautiful , because ' tis nigh to heaven : But we never think how sandy's the foundation , What storms will batter ...
Ambition is at distance A goodly prospect , tempting to the view : The height delights us , and the mountain top Looks beautiful , because ' tis nigh to heaven : But we never think how sandy's the foundation , What storms will batter ...
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Life , to youth , is a fairy tale just opened ; to old age , a tale read through , ending in death . Be wise in time , that you may be happy in eternity . Happiness , like a snail , is never found from 3 B 2 APOTHEGMS .
Life , to youth , is a fairy tale just opened ; to old age , a tale read through , ending in death . Be wise in time , that you may be happy in eternity . Happiness , like a snail , is never found from 3 B 2 APOTHEGMS .
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Happiness , like a snail , is never found from home , nor , without a home . The rose is sweetest when it first opens ; the spikenard root , when the herb dies . Beauty belongs to youth , and dies with it , but the odour of piety ...
Happiness , like a snail , is never found from home , nor , without a home . The rose is sweetest when it first opens ; the spikenard root , when the herb dies . Beauty belongs to youth , and dies with it , but the odour of piety ...
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| Title | The Moral Probe: Or One Hundred and Two Common Sense Essays on the Nature of Men and Things: Interspersed with Scraps of Science and History |
| Author | Levi Carroll Judson |
| Edition | 2 |
| Publisher | The author, 1848 |
| Original from | the New York Public Library |
| Digitized | 17 Sep 2007 |
| Length | 336 pages |
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