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Page 51
... common school- books , and who seems to have brought to what he had read scarce- ly more than the discernment of a common school - boy . He used to assert with that arrogant absurdity which , in spite of his great abilities and virtues ...
... common school- books , and who seems to have brought to what he had read scarce- ly more than the discernment of a common school - boy . He used to assert with that arrogant absurdity which , in spite of his great abilities and virtues ...
Page 129
... common to all , why should one man be more disquieted than another ? If thou alone wert distressed , it were indeed more irk- some and less to be endured ; but when the calamity is common , comfort thyself with this , thou hast more ...
... common to all , why should one man be more disquieted than another ? If thou alone wert distressed , it were indeed more irk- some and less to be endured ; but when the calamity is common , comfort thyself with this , thou hast more ...
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... common course of things is in favor of happiness ; that happiness is the rule , misery the excep- tion . Were the order reversed , our attention would be called to examples of health and competency , instead of disease and want . One ...
... common course of things is in favor of happiness ; that happiness is the rule , misery the excep- tion . Were the order reversed , our attention would be called to examples of health and competency , instead of disease and want . One ...
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DAY SUBJECT 237 Divina Commedia | 5 |
Rural Rides 239 The Wisdom of this World 240 BalladsHeir of Linne 241 The Taking of the Bastille 242 On the Athenian Orators 243 The Battle of ... | 11 |
SWIFT | 23 |
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