 We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye....  The Southern literary messenger - الصفحة 1951838عرض كامل - لمحة عن هذا الكتاب
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...is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it." — Dr. Samuel Johnson "Certainly virtue is like precious odors, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed: Prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue." — Francis Bacon "Adversity... | |
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