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Pagina 38
... confider , that as the term of life is fhort , that of beauty is much fhorter . The finest skin wrinkles in a few years , and lofes the ftrength of its colourings fo foon , that we have fcarce time to admire it . I might embellish this ...
... confider , that as the term of life is fhort , that of beauty is much fhorter . The finest skin wrinkles in a few years , and lofes the ftrength of its colourings fo foon , that we have fcarce time to admire it . I might embellish this ...
Pagina 52
... confider mankind as wholly inconfiftent with itself in a point that bears fome affinity to the former . Though we feem grieved at the fhortnefs of life in ge- neral , we are withing every period of it at an end . The minor longs to be ...
... confider mankind as wholly inconfiftent with itself in a point that bears fome affinity to the former . Though we feem grieved at the fhortnefs of life in ge- neral , we are withing every period of it at an end . The minor longs to be ...
Pagina 54
... confider further that the exercife of virtue is not only an amufement for the time it lafts , but that its influence extends to thofe parts of our exiftence which lie beyond the grave , and that our whole eternity is to take its colour ...
... confider further that the exercife of virtue is not only an amufement for the time it lafts , but that its influence extends to thofe parts of our exiftence which lie beyond the grave , and that our whole eternity is to take its colour ...
Pagina 57
... confider a man as , on one fide , fhortening his time by thinking one nothing , or but a few things ; fo , on the other , as lengthening it , by employing his thoughts on many sub- jects , or by entertaining a quick and conftant ...
... confider a man as , on one fide , fhortening his time by thinking one nothing , or but a few things ; fo , on the other , as lengthening it , by employing his thoughts on many sub- jects , or by entertaining a quick and conftant ...
Pagina 59
... confider how we may extend life beyond its natural dimenfions , by applying ourfelves diligently to the purfaits of knowledge . one The hours of a wife man are lengthened by his ideas , as thofe of a fool are by his paffions : The time ...
... confider how we may extend life beyond its natural dimenfions , by applying ourfelves diligently to the purfaits of knowledge . one The hours of a wife man are lengthened by his ideas , as thofe of a fool are by his paffions : The time ...
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