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purchased a next presentation, a General who is in no hurry to fight, or a Minister whofe Object is the continuance of his power, that Time is Nothing, is an arduous Tafk, and very unlikely to be attended with fuccefs. Whoever defires to taste or understand fuch abftracted Speculations, must leave for a while the noify bustle of worldly Occupations, and retire into the fequeftered Shades of Solitude and Contemplation: from whence he will return certainly not richer, poffibly not wifer, but probably more fufceptible of amusement from his own company for want of better, and more able to draw entertainment from his own Imaginations which in his journey thro' Life he will often find an Acquifition not altogether inconfiderable,

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LL foolish people are wife enough to be foon tired of their own company; and therefore impatient of folitude, perpetually impose it upon their unfortunate acquaintance.

THOSE, who are extremely civil, are feldom fociable;, because they receive more trouble, than entertainment from company.

THAT men usually grow more covetous as they grow older, does not fo much proceed from the increase of their affection for wealth, as from the decrease of their inclinations for any thing befide: their regard for money continues the fame, but they meet with fewer temptations to part with.it:

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