Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318 páginas |
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... admiration of all the world upon them , and stand up as the prodigies of mankind , who by the mere strength of natural parts , and without any assistance of art or learning , have produced works that were the delight of their own times ...
... admiration of all the world upon them , and stand up as the prodigies of mankind , who by the mere strength of natural parts , and without any assistance of art or learning , have produced works that were the delight of their own times ...
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... admirable work . If we look into the finest prose authors of antiquity , such as Cicero , Plato , Xenophon , and many others , we shall find that this was likewise their favourite kind of fable . I shall only further observe upon it ...
... admirable work . If we look into the finest prose authors of antiquity , such as Cicero , Plato , Xenophon , and many others , we shall find that this was likewise their favourite kind of fable . I shall only further observe upon it ...
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... admiring their fidelity , though it expresses itself in so dreadful a manner ? What might not that savage greatness of soul which appears in these poor wretches on many occasions be raised to , were it rightly cultivated ? And what ...
... admiring their fidelity , though it expresses itself in so dreadful a manner ? What might not that savage greatness of soul which appears in these poor wretches on many occasions be raised to , were it rightly cultivated ? And what ...
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... admiration of all those who have less sense than himself , and the contempt of all those who have more . There is none in town whom Tom dreads so much as my friend Will Dry . Will , who is acquainted with Tom's logic , when he finds him ...
... admiration of all those who have less sense than himself , and the contempt of all those who have more . There is none in town whom Tom dreads so much as my friend Will Dry . Will , who is acquainted with Tom's logic , when he finds him ...
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... admiration of the world , and to distinguish themselves from the rest of man- kind ! Providence for the most part sets us upon a level , and observes a kind of proportion in its dispensations to- wards us . If it renders us perfect in ...
... admiration of the world , and to distinguish themselves from the rest of man- kind ! Providence for the most part sets us upon a level , and observes a kind of proportion in its dispensations to- wards us . If it renders us perfect in ...
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Página 211 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
Página 273 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action, without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Página 76 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Página 223 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Página 35 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Página 220 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Página 210 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Página 126 - I have set the Lord always before me : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : My flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life : In thy presence is fulness of joy ; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Página 278 - On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its observation.
Página 77 - Ten thousand, thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.