Solitude Or The Effect of Occasional Retirement On The Mind, The Heart, General Society, In Exile, In Old Age and On the Bed of Death: In which the Question is Considered Whether it is Easier To Live Virtuously in Society Or in Solitude. To which are added, notes historical and explanatory; a copious index; and four beautiful engravings by Ridley. 21805 |
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ABELARD againſt almoſt amidſt Argenteuil becauſe bofom cauſe celebrated character circumftances cloſe converfation courſe defcribed Defigns defire delight deſcription deſtroy difordered difpofition DIOCLESIAN eaſe effects ELOISA endeavour enjoy enjoyment exerciſe faid fame fancy fays feek feelings feems fenfe fenfibility fentiments fhall fhould fighs filence firſt focial fociety folitary fome foon forrow foul fpecies fpirits frequently friends friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fufferings fuperior fure furrounded greateſt happineſs happy heart higheſt himſelf houſe human imagination increaſe indulge inftances intercourfe interefts itſelf joys lefs mankind melancholy ment mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary notis obfervation occafion paffed paffions perfon Petrarch philofopher PLATO pleafing pleaſe pleaſures poffeffed prefent preferve purpoſe purſuits racter raiſed rational reaſon religion reſpect retirement retreat ſcenes ſcience ſenſe ſhe Solitude ſpecies ſtate ſtudy ſuch temper tenderneſs thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion tranquillity underſtanding uſe vices virtue virtuous whofe whoſe