 To be ignorant of evils to come, and forgetful of evils past, is a merciful provision in nature, whereby we digest the mixture of our few and evil days, and, our delivered senses not relapsing into cutting remembrances, our sorows are not kept raw by...  Miscellaneous Prose Works - Pagina 170door Edward Bulwer Lytton Lytton - 1868Volledige weergave - Over dit boek
 | 1826 - 548 pagina’s
...Afflictions induce calosities, miseries are slippery, or fall like snow upon us, which notwithstanding is no stupidity. To be ignorant of evils to come, and forgetful of evils past, is merciful provision in nature, whereby we digest tin, mixture of our few and evil days, and our delivered... | |
 | 1826 - 548 pagina’s
...destroy us, or themselves. To weep into stones are fables. Afflictions induce calosities, miseries are slippery, or fall like snow upon us, which notwithstanding is no stupidity. To be ignorant of evils to come, and forgetful of evils past, is merciful provision in nature,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1830 - 844 pagina’s
...\veep into stones are fables. Afflictions induce callosities ; miseries are slippery, or fall like enow ɜ xz < ; UL & f ߕ ]X g % 7V(ZMDx E +P ۇ DFѬJ լ , ^ tvils to come, ami forgetful of evils past, is a merciful provision in nature, whereby \ve digest the... | |
 | Sir Thomas Browne - 1831 - 362 pagina’s
...destroy us or themselves. To weep into stones are fables. Afflictions induce callosities ; miseries are slippery, or fall like snow upon us, which, notwithstanding, is no unhappy stupidity. To * According to the custom of the Jews, who placed a lighted wax candle in a pot of ashes by the corpse.... | |
 | 1831 - 370 pagina’s
...destroy us or themselves. To weep into stones are fables. Afflictions induce callosities ; miseries are slippery, or fall like snow upon us, which, notwithstanding, is no unhappy stupidity. To * According to the custom of the Jews, who placed a lighted wax candle in a pot of ashes by the corpse.... | |
 | William Tait, Christian Isobel Johnstone - 1835 - 838 pagina’s
...forgetful of evilt past, it a merciful provision in nature, whereby we digest the miiftire of our tew and evil days ; and, our delivered senses not relapsing...remembrances, our sorrows are not kept raw by the edge ol repetition."— SIR T. BROWN'S HYDRIDTIPHIA. I > !•: \ ii Ignorance and kind Forgetfulness, How... | |
 | 1837 - 860 pagina’s
...insinnates itself into every vein of the body politic. — Davits. IGNORANCE AND FORORTFULNESS. — To be ignorant of evils to come, and forgetful of...remembrances, our sorrows are not kept raw by the edge of repetition«.— Sir Thomas Browne. 144 UA THE BIBLE. NOT long ago a proposition was made to prepare... | |
 | Argentine - 1839 - 380 pagina’s
...Browne on the wisdom of adversity, when that Marquis interrupted me. Is not this a fine passage?— ' " To be ignorant of evils to come, and forgetful of evils past, is a merciful provision in our nature, whereby we digest the mixture of our few and evil days, and our delivered senses not relapsing... | |
 | Robert Chambers - 1844 - 692 pagina’s
...Afflictions induce callosities ; miseries are slippery, or fall like snow upon us, which, notwith•:iiiidmg, ˈ jur few and evil days ; and our delivered senses not relapsing into cutting remembrances, our sorrows... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 232 pagina’s
...sorrows destroy us or themselves. To weep into stones are fables. Afflictions induce callosities, which are slippery, or fall like snow upon us, which, notwithstanding,...of evils to come, and forgetful of evils past, is q merciful provision in nature, whereby we digest the mixture of our few and evil days, and our delivered... | |
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