Resolves, Divine, Moral, PoliticalHilliard and Brown, 1832 - 316 Seiten |
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... of Neglecting Prayer 201 Prayer most needful in the Morning 205 Of Humility 210 Of the Soul Of Ostentation Of Opinion Of Assimilation 215 219 223 226 Of Religion and Morality 230 Of Faith and Good Works viii CONTENTS .
... of Neglecting Prayer 201 Prayer most needful in the Morning 205 Of Humility 210 Of the Soul Of Ostentation Of Opinion Of Assimilation 215 219 223 226 Of Religion and Morality 230 Of Faith and Good Works viii CONTENTS .
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... opinion , that the wise man's life was the meditation of death . And to expect it , is to give the blow a meeting and break the stroke . Not to expect it , is a stu- pidity , since the world has nothing that is like a reprieve . And ...
... opinion , that the wise man's life was the meditation of death . And to expect it , is to give the blow a meeting and break the stroke . Not to expect it , is a stu- pidity , since the world has nothing that is like a reprieve . And ...
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... marked out to us as rocks that we ought to avoid . It is learning wisdom at the cost of others ; and , which is rare , it makes a man better by being pleased . In my opinion , among all the industries of men OF HISTORY . 53 Of History.
... marked out to us as rocks that we ought to avoid . It is learning wisdom at the cost of others ; and , which is rare , it makes a man better by being pleased . In my opinion , among all the industries of men OF HISTORY . 53 Of History.
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Owen Felltham. In my opinion , among all the industries of men there is none that merits more thanks , than that which hath with prudence , truth , and im- partiality , related those transactions , which , like main hinges , have shut ...
Owen Felltham. In my opinion , among all the industries of men there is none that merits more thanks , than that which hath with prudence , truth , and im- partiality , related those transactions , which , like main hinges , have shut ...
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... opinion . Fit words are better than fine ones ; I like not those that are injudiciously made , but such as be expres- sively significant , that lead the mind to some- thing beside the naked term . And he that speaks thus , must not look ...
... opinion . Fit words are better than fine ones ; I like not those that are injudiciously made , but such as be expres- sively significant , that lead the mind to some- thing beside the naked term . And he that speaks thus , must not look ...
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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.