Resolves, Divine, Moral, PoliticalHilliard and Brown, 1832 - 316 Seiten |
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... less is known , than of the author of the Resolves ; and what is particularly remarkable , though this production of his pen had passed through no less than twelve editions before the commencement of the present century , yet the name ...
... less is known , than of the author of the Resolves ; and what is particularly remarkable , though this production of his pen had passed through no less than twelve editions before the commencement of the present century , yet the name ...
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... less won- der . In some men how prodigious ! In oth- ers how dead and dull ! Appius Claudius had so strong a memory , that he boasted he could salute all the citizens of Rome by their names . And Mithridates , of Pontus , could speak ...
... less won- der . In some men how prodigious ! In oth- ers how dead and dull ! Appius Claudius had so strong a memory , that he boasted he could salute all the citizens of Rome by their names . And Mithridates , of Pontus , could speak ...
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... less wonder , that some of the ancient Grecians should so much extol it , deriving it not only from the amenity and floridness of the warm and spirited blood , but deducing it from heaven itself , as being piactised there by the stars ...
... less wonder , that some of the ancient Grecians should so much extol it , deriving it not only from the amenity and floridness of the warm and spirited blood , but deducing it from heaven itself , as being piactised there by the stars ...
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... less , whom he saw so wildly dancing that he concluded , surely it would not be long before that sybil would de- clare her oracle ; though he himself a little after , with the emperor Frederic and his em- press , was content to make one ...
... less , whom he saw so wildly dancing that he concluded , surely it would not be long before that sybil would de- clare her oracle ; though he himself a little after , with the emperor Frederic and his em- press , was content to make one ...
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... fool versi- fies , there is sport alike . He is twice an ass that is a rhyming one . He is something the less unwise , that is unwise but in prose . If the subject be history or contexted fable , then I 3 OF POETS AND POETRY . 33.
... fool versi- fies , there is sport alike . He is twice an ass that is a rhyming one . He is something the less unwise , that is unwise but in prose . If the subject be history or contexted fable , then I 3 OF POETS AND POETRY . 33.
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actions Apicius apparel Ausonius beasts believe better blood body Cæsar cast Certainly Cicero corruption creatures Cretians Croesus dance death Deity divine Domitian doth doubtless earth easy enemy envy faith fame fear Felltham fire flame fool friends give glory grow hand hate hath heart heaven hold honest honor Jews keep labor leave light ligion live look Low Countries man's mastiff ment mind morality nature neglect ness never noble offence once ourselves passion peace play pleased pleasure Plutarch poets prayer prisoner Psammeticus Rahab raoh reason religion Resolves rest Roman Saint James Saint Paul Sallust says sometimes soul speak spirit spleen sure Tacitus tell Theophrastus thing thou thought Tibullu tion tongue truth unto venom vice virtue Vitellius wealth wherein wisdom wise withal wonder
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Seite 206 - Though prayer should be the key of the day, and the lock of the night, yet I hold it more needful in the morning, than when our bodies do take their repose.
Seite 18 - And even this world, while we are in it, ought somewhat 2 to be cared for. As those states are likely to flourish, where execution follows sound advisements, so is man, when contemplation is seconded by action. Contemplation generates ; action propagates.
Seite 93 - Nulli se dicit mulier mea nubere malle quam mihi, non si se luppiter ipse petat. dicit; sed mulier cupido quod dicit amanti, in vento et rapida scribere oportet aqua.
Seite xix - Then the master of the house being angry said to his servant, Go out quickly into the streets and lanes of the city, and bring in hither the poor, and the maimed, and the halt, and the blind.
Seite 67 - At a sermon well dressed, what understander can have a motion to sleep? Divinity, well ordered, casts forth a bait which angles the soul into the ear ; and how can that close when such a guest sits in it ? They are sermons but of baser metal, which lead the eyes to slumber. And should we...
Seite 260 - Macarius did penance for only killing a gnat in anger. Like the Jewish touch of things unclean, the least miscarriage requires purification. Man is like a watch ; if evening and morning he be not wound up with prayer •and circumspection, he is unprofitable and false ; or serves to mislead.
Seite 66 - A man can never speak too well, where he speaks not too obscure. Long and distended clauses, are both tedious to the ear, and difficult for their retaining. A sentence well couched, takes both the sense and the understanding. I love not those cart-rope speeches, that are longer than the memory of man can fathom. I see not, but that divinity, put into apt significants, might ravish as well as poetry.
Seite 77 - ... be pushed out of company. Even concealment of a fault argues some charity to the delinquent ; and when we tell him of it in secret, it shows we wish he should amend before the world comes to know he is amiss.
Seite 217 - Mihi quidem nunquam persuaderi potuit animos dum in corporibus essent mortalibus vivere, quum...
Seite 175 - A grey head with a wise mind, enriched by learning, is a treasury of grave precept, experience, and wisdom. It is an oracle, to which the lesser wise resort, to know their fate. He that can read and meditate, need not think the evening long, or life irksome; it is, at all times, a fit employment, and a particular solace to him who is bowed down with years.