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Maria Elizabeth Budden. Why , but to bestow felicity ; why but to enjoy the view of happiness ! Thou pensive rambler , who with slow pace and downcast eye , passest amid the laughing landscape , untouched by its charms , uncheered by its ...
Maria Elizabeth Budden. Why , but to bestow felicity ; why but to enjoy the view of happiness ! Thou pensive rambler , who with slow pace and downcast eye , passest amid the laughing landscape , untouched by its charms , uncheered by its ...
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... enjoys the passing pleasure . He stays not coldly to calculate whether he ought or ought not to profit by the occasions of bliss . He knows , " that to enjoy is to obey . " He is obedient to the dictates of im- planted feeling . He is ...
... enjoys the passing pleasure . He stays not coldly to calculate whether he ought or ought not to profit by the occasions of bliss . He knows , " that to enjoy is to obey . " He is obedient to the dictates of im- planted feeling . He is ...
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... Consider this , oh man ! and be wise . Enjoy , while thou mayest , the good within thy grasp . Be happy in this life . Deserve happiness in the life to come . 44 GOOD LUCK AND GOOD CONDUCT . WEAL or woe OF WINTER . 43.
... Consider this , oh man ! and be wise . Enjoy , while thou mayest , the good within thy grasp . Be happy in this life . Deserve happiness in the life to come . 44 GOOD LUCK AND GOOD CONDUCT . WEAL or woe OF WINTER . 43.
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... endear repose ! How relishing was to him the simple meal , for hunger gave zest to each mor- sel , a zest which the luxurious vainly seek to enjoy ! And when his associates told him of his favoured brother's 58 GOOD LUCK AND.
... endear repose ! How relishing was to him the simple meal , for hunger gave zest to each mor- sel , a zest which the luxurious vainly seek to enjoy ! And when his associates told him of his favoured brother's 58 GOOD LUCK AND.
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... , Thy eye , perchance , can scan their worth , Thy taste discover and enjoy their view ; Whilst humbler essays shall , with as beguiling power , give thy leisure wings . For how overrated are all selfish la- bours ! How 174 THE PLEASURES.
... , Thy eye , perchance , can scan their worth , Thy taste discover and enjoy their view ; Whilst humbler essays shall , with as beguiling power , give thy leisure wings . For how overrated are all selfish la- bours ! How 174 THE PLEASURES.
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