 | 1789 - 508 pages
...difplayed, are able to fetch down the moft airy coquette from the wildeft of her flights and rambles. True HAPPINESS is of a retired nature, and an enemy, to pomp and noife ; it arifes, in the firit place, from the enjoyment of one's felf ; and in the next, from the... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 1820 - 72 pages
...mind, in this uncertain and changing state. Change and alteration form the very essence of the world. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise. No person who has once yielded up the< government of his mind, and given loose rein to his desires... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 434 pages
...displayed, are able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and, in the next, from the friendship... | |
 | Aphorisms and apothegms - 1803 - 228 pages
...years, but with tears, he would say, how much have I to repent of, and how little time to do it in ! True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noises. It arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the... | |
 | English literature - 1803 - 420 pages
...displayed, are able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles. Trus happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise ; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and, in the next, from the friendship... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1810 - 262 pages
...distress are often blessings in disguise. Change and alteration form the very essence of the world. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise. In order to acquire a capacity for happiness, it must be our first study to rectify inward disorders.... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1810 - 234 pages
...years, but with tears, he would say, how much have I to repent of, and how little time to do it in ! True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noises. It arises, in fhe first place, from the enjoyment of one's self ; and in the next, from the... | |
 | Joseph Addison - English literature - 1811 - 508 pages
...displayed, are able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise : it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship... | |
 | Joseph Addison, Richard Hurd - 1811 - 504 pages
...displayed, are able to fetch down the most airy coquette from the wildest of her flights and rambles. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise: it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and in the next, from the friendship... | |
 | Lindley Murray - Readers - 1812 - 378 pages
...alteration form the very essence of the world. Disappointments and distress are often blessings in disguise. True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise. In order to icquire. a capacity for happiness, it must be onr firsi stud' to rect'fv inward disorders.... | |
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True happiness is of a retired nature, and an enemy to pomp and noise; it arises, in the first place, from the enjoyment of one's self; and, in the next, from the friendship and conversation of a few select companions; it loves shade and solitude, and... 
