Great Authors of All Ages: Being Selections from the Prose Works of Eminent Writers from the Time of Pericles to the Present DayLippincott, 1894 - 555 pages |
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... Happiness of Others ........... 343 Love , Bacon on ... Happiness and Misery . 197 Harley , Death of ......... .... 262 Mahomet , Gibbon on .......... 257 Hastings , Impeachment of ... 236 Mambrino's Helmet ...... 33 Hastings , Trial of ...
... Happiness of Others ........... 343 Love , Bacon on ... Happiness and Misery . 197 Harley , Death of ......... .... 262 Mahomet , Gibbon on .......... 257 Hastings , Impeachment of ... 236 Mambrino's Helmet ...... 33 Hastings , Trial of ...
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... Happiness of ............ 103 Spring , Pleasures of the . ................................. . 40 Squire Bull and his Son ....................... 350 354 Stateliness and Courtesy .. 406 Stoicism and Christianity . 245 Study , Course ...
... Happiness of ............ 103 Spring , Pleasures of the . ................................. . 40 Squire Bull and his Son ....................... 350 354 Stateliness and Courtesy .. 406 Stoicism and Christianity . 245 Study , Course ...
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... happiness in liberty , and liberty in valour , be prepared to encounter all the dangers of war . For , to be lavish of life is not so noble in those whom misfortunes have reduced to misery and despair , as in men who hazard the loss of ...
... happiness in liberty , and liberty in valour , be prepared to encounter all the dangers of war . For , to be lavish of life is not so noble in those whom misfortunes have reduced to misery and despair , as in men who hazard the loss of ...
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... happiness ; and they call every motion or state , either of body or | ion that they have of themselves ; for if you consider the use of clothes , why should a fine thread be thought better than a coarse one ? And yet that sort of men ...
... happiness ; and they call every motion or state , either of body or | ion that they have of themselves ; for if you consider the use of clothes , why should a fine thread be thought better than a coarse one ? And yet that sort of men ...
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... happiest of all men if he were to lead his life in a perpetual hunger , thirst , and itching , and by consequence in perpetual eating , drinking , and scratching himself ; which any one may easily see would be not only a base , but a ...
... happiest of all men if he were to lead his life in a perpetual hunger , thirst , and itching , and by consequence in perpetual eating , drinking , and scratching himself ; which any one may easily see would be not only a base , but a ...
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