Discourses on Human LifeDavid Felt, 1841 - 299 pages |
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... youth in much thoughtlessness ; in a round of fashionable engage- ments that have left her little time to think , even when approaching the most solemn , relationships of life ; and she may have become a wife and mother , before she has ...
... youth in much thoughtlessness ; in a round of fashionable engage- ments that have left her little time to think , even when approaching the most solemn , relationships of life ; and she may have become a wife and mother , before she has ...
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... youth , in age , it is so ; in mature vigor , in failing and de- clining strength ; in health and in sickness ; in joy and in sorrow ; in the musings of solitude , and amidst the throng of men ; in privacy and amidst the anxieties and ...
... youth , in age , it is so ; in mature vigor , in failing and de- clining strength ; in health and in sickness ; in joy and in sorrow ; in the musings of solitude , and amidst the throng of men ; in privacy and amidst the anxieties and ...
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... youth , and in a youthful and immature poetry ; but he who has come to the manhood of reason and experience , should know , what is true , that the mind's misery is chiefly its own fault ; nay more , and is appointed , under the good ...
... youth , and in a youthful and immature poetry ; but he who has come to the manhood of reason and experience , should know , what is true , that the mind's misery is chiefly its own fault ; nay more , and is appointed , under the good ...
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... youth is prevailingly happy : and prosperity hath its joy , and wealth its satisfaction ; and the warm blood that flows in the ruddy cheek and sinewy arm of honest poverty , is a still better gift . No song is so hearty and cheering ...
... youth is prevailingly happy : and prosperity hath its joy , and wealth its satisfaction ; and the warm blood that flows in the ruddy cheek and sinewy arm of honest poverty , is a still better gift . No song is so hearty and cheering ...
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... YOUTH . LIFE is a school . This world is a house of instruc- tion . It is not a prison nor a penitentiary , nor a palace of ease , nor an amphitheatre for games and spectacles ; it is a school . And this view of life is the only one ...
... YOUTH . LIFE is a school . This world is a house of instruc- tion . It is not a prison nor a penitentiary , nor a palace of ease , nor an amphitheatre for games and spectacles ; it is a school . And this view of life is the only one ...
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