Advice to young gentlemen, in their several conditions of life· By way of address from a father to his children. By the Abbot Goussault, counseller in Parliament. With his sentiments and maxims upon what passes in civil society. Printed at Paris 1697, and translated into English.

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Title: Advice to young gentlemen, in their several conditions of life· By way of address from a father to his children. By the Abbot Goussault, counseller in Parliament. With his sentiments and maxims upon what passes in civil society. Printed at Paris 1697, and translated into English.
Author: Goussault, Jacques.
Publication: London :: printed for Tho. Leigh, at the Peacock against St. Dunstans Church in Fleet-street,; 1698.
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VII.

To speak well of Pain and its nature, you ought to be perswaded, that if it be long, it is but little; and if it be violent, it does not last long, and it will put an end to the Grief that it causes; upon this Principle it will not be hard to direct your Discourse.