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Pagina 41
... consider , that as the term of life is short , that of beauty is much shorter . The finest skin wrinkles in a few years , and loses the strength of its colourings so soon , that we have scarce time to ad- mire it . I might embellish ...
... consider , that as the term of life is short , that of beauty is much shorter . The finest skin wrinkles in a few years , and loses the strength of its colourings so soon , that we have scarce time to ad- mire it . I might embellish ...
Pagina 59
... consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former . Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general , we are wishing every period of it at an end . The minor longs to be at ...
... consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former . Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general , we are wishing every period of it at an end . The minor longs to be at ...
Pagina 61
... consider further , that the exercise of virtue is not only an amusement for the time it lasts , but that its influence extends to those parts of our exist- ence which lie beyond the grave , and that our whole eternity is to take its ...
... consider further , that the exercise of virtue is not only an amusement for the time it lasts , but that its influence extends to those parts of our exist- ence which lie beyond the grave , and that our whole eternity is to take its ...
Pagina 68
... consider how we may extend life beyond its natural dimen- sions , by applying ourselves diligently to the pur- suits of knowledge . The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas , as those of a fool are by his passions . The time ...
... consider how we may extend life beyond its natural dimen- sions , by applying ourselves diligently to the pur- suits of knowledge . The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas , as those of a fool are by his passions . The time ...
Pagina 80
... considering that it pre- vailed only among such as had a nicety in their sense of honour , and that it often happened that a duel was fought to save appearances in the world , when both parties were in their hearts in amity and recon ...
... considering that it pre- vailed only among such as had a nicety in their sense of honour , and that it often happened that a duel was fought to save appearances in the world , when both parties were in their hearts in amity and recon ...
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Pagina 144 - ... subjects, hear their duties explained to them, and join together in adoration of the Supreme Being. Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village.
Pagina 368 - Examine now, said he, this sea that is bounded with darkness at both ends, and tell me what thou discoverest in it. I see a bridge, said I, standing in the midst of the tide.
Pagina 369 - ... them into the tide and immediately disappeared. These hidden pitfalls were set very thick at the entrance of the bridge, so that throngs of people no sooner broke through the cloud, but many of them fell into them. They grew thinner towards the middle, but multiplied and lay closer together towards the end of the arches that were entire.
Pagina 367 - I had ever heard : they put me in mind of those heavenly airs that are played to the departed souls of good men upon their first arrival in Paradise, to wear out the impressions of the last agonies, and qualify them for the pleasures of that happy place.
Pagina 119 - Roger, and has lived at his house in the nature of a chaplain above thirty years. This gentleman is a person of good sense and some learning, of a very regular life and obliging conversation: he heartily loves Sir Roger, and knows that he is very much in the old knight's esteem, so that he lives in the family rather as a relation than a dependant.
Pagina 371 - I could see persons dressed in glorious habits with garlands upon their heads, passing among the trees, lying down by the sides of fountains, or resting on beds of flowers ; and could hear a confused harmony of singing birds, falling waters, human voices, and musical instruments. Gladness grew in me upon the discovery of so delightful a scene. I wished for the wings of an eagle, that I might fly away to those happy seats ; but the genius told me there was no passage to them except through the gates...
Pagina 164 - My hounds are bred out of the Spartan kind, So flew'd, so sanded ; and their heads are hung With ears that sweep away the morning dew ; Crook-knee'd, and dew-lapp'd like Thessalian bulls ; Slow in pursuit, but match'd in mouth like bells, Each under each.
Pagina 366 - I was at Grand Cairo I picked up several oriental manuscripts, which I have still by me. Among others I met with one entitled, " The Visions of Mirzah," which I have read over with great pleasure.
Pagina 193 - A MAN'S first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart; his next, to escape the censures of the world. If the last interferes with the former, it ought to be entirely neglected; but otherwise there cannot be a greater satisfaction to an honest mind, than to see those approbations which it gives itself, seconded by the applauses of the public.
Pagina 127 - ... of his game. He hunts a pack of dogs better than any man in the country, and is very famous for finding out a hare. He is extremely well versed in all the little handicrafts of an idle man. He makes a May-fly to a miracle ; and furnishes the whole country with angle-rods.