Studies of Nature, Volume 4Mawman, 1809 |
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... felicity ; not to execute them in person , as formerly , but at least to compose an in- teresting picture of it . The speculation simply of a general happiness , was now sufficient for my in- dividual felicity . I likewise reflected ...
... felicity ; not to execute them in person , as formerly , but at least to compose an in- teresting picture of it . The speculation simply of a general happiness , was now sufficient for my in- dividual felicity . I likewise reflected ...
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... felicity of various political Societies , which have perhaps never existed ; but by means of blending their fictions with historical traditions , and throwing them back to ages remote , they have bestowed on them a sufficient air of ...
... felicity of various political Societies , which have perhaps never existed ; but by means of blending their fictions with historical traditions , and throwing them back to ages remote , they have bestowed on them a sufficient air of ...
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... felicity . In this ninth Eclogue , which breaths the gentlest melancholy , he thus introduces Gallus , the son of Pollio , inviting the Arcadian swains to de- plore with him the loss of his mistress Lycoris ; Cantabitis , Arcades ...
... felicity . In this ninth Eclogue , which breaths the gentlest melancholy , he thus introduces Gallus , the son of Pollio , inviting the Arcadian swains to de- plore with him the loss of his mistress Lycoris ; Cantabitis , Arcades ...
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... felicity of being among them a proprie tary shepherd , or the dresser of a vineyard , which he could call his own , but only to that of a simple keeper of cattle : custos gregis ; or of one of those hireling labourers whom they ...
... felicity of being among them a proprie tary shepherd , or the dresser of a vineyard , which he could call his own , but only to that of a simple keeper of cattle : custos gregis ; or of one of those hireling labourers whom they ...
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... felicity " of whole Nations is entrusted . I will likewise pay homage to Isis , who has brought down his benefits to the Earth , that she may present the 6.6 . vows of my People to the Sovereign of the " Gods . " At the same time he ...
... felicity " of whole Nations is entrusted . I will likewise pay homage to Isis , who has brought down his benefits to the Earth , that she may present the 6.6 . vows of my People to the Sovereign of the " Gods . " At the same time he ...
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