The Spectator ...John Sharpe, 1803 |
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Page 130
... live to our satisfaction in the deepest retirement , unless we are capable of living so , in some measure , amidst the noise and business of the world . I have ever thought men were better known by what could be observed of them from a ...
... live to our satisfaction in the deepest retirement , unless we are capable of living so , in some measure , amidst the noise and business of the world . I have ever thought men were better known by what could be observed of them from a ...
Page 132
... live according to the dictates of his own reason . It will seem odd to you , when I assure you that my love of retirement first of all brought me to court ; but this will be no riddle , when I acquaint you that I placed myself here with ...
... live according to the dictates of his own reason . It will seem odd to you , when I assure you that my love of retirement first of all brought me to court ; but this will be no riddle , when I acquaint you that I placed myself here with ...
Page 269
... live at ease , is not to live . Death stalks behind thee , and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour . Live , while thou liv'st ; for death will make us all A name , a nothing but an old wife's tale . Speak : wilt ...
... live at ease , is not to live . Death stalks behind thee , and each flying hour Does some loose remnant of thy life devour . Live , while thou liv'st ; for death will make us all A name , a nothing but an old wife's tale . Speak : wilt ...
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