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... soil . He smiles as he plants the young shrub , or tender root . He smiles , because he looks forward to the reward of his labour . He knows that toil secures health , and promotes abundance . He is merry be- cause he is OF SPRING . 3.
... soil . He smiles as he plants the young shrub , or tender root . He smiles , because he looks forward to the reward of his labour . He knows that toil secures health , and promotes abundance . He is merry be- cause he is OF SPRING . 3.
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... knows , " that to enjoy is to obey . " He is obedient to the dictates of im- planted feeling . He is happy when he can be so : he knows that innocence is the only bounds that ought to limit his joys . He continues innocent and is blest ...
... knows , " that to enjoy is to obey . " He is obedient to the dictates of im- planted feeling . He is happy when he can be so : he knows that innocence is the only bounds that ought to limit his joys . He continues innocent and is blest ...
Page 89
... know it . Conrad , in this was better learned than his brother , for he hourly felt the pangs of remorse . The goads of conscience for sins of commission and omission . Unkind , illiberal deeds performed , oc- casions of enjoyment ...
... know it . Conrad , in this was better learned than his brother , for he hourly felt the pangs of remorse . The goads of conscience for sins of commission and omission . Unkind , illiberal deeds performed , oc- casions of enjoyment ...
Page 93
... know . Was not his life , short as it proved , her mine of happiness ? Each stage , from infancy to boyhood , but diversified occasions of maternal joy . Was not his life innocent and gay ; as such , happy to himself , and to others ...
... know . Was not his life , short as it proved , her mine of happiness ? Each stage , from infancy to boyhood , but diversified occasions of maternal joy . Was not his life innocent and gay ; as such , happy to himself , and to others ...
Page 97
... know , It is the moment when she feels her infant nestling to her breast . Its eye upturned , in pleased , uncon- scious gaze , " Earth and earthborn cares are then forgotten quite . " The gentle action seems to draw away all sorrow ...
... know , It is the moment when she feels her infant nestling to her breast . Its eye upturned , in pleased , uncon- scious gaze , " Earth and earthborn cares are then forgotten quite . " The gentle action seems to draw away all sorrow ...
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Page 99 - Happy the man - and happy he alone He who can call today his own, He who, secure within, can say 'Tomorrow, do thy worst, for I have lived today: Be fair or foul or rain or shine, The joys I have possessed in spite of Fate are mine: Not Heaven itself upon the Past has power, But what has been has been, and I have had my hour.
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