Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318 páginas |
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... considerations , any more than as they fall in with our principal design , we may go through life with steadiness and pleasure ; but if we act by several broken views , and will not only be virtuous , but wealthy , popular , and ...
... considerations , any more than as they fall in with our principal design , we may go through life with steadiness and pleasure ; but if we act by several broken views , and will not only be virtuous , but wealthy , popular , and ...
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... . Others are apt to attribute them to some false end or intention ; and others purposely misrepresent , or put a wrong interpretation on them . But , the more to enforce this consideration 94 Wisdom , Wit , and Allegory .
... . Others are apt to attribute them to some false end or intention ; and others purposely misrepresent , or put a wrong interpretation on them . But , the more to enforce this consideration 94 Wisdom , Wit , and Allegory .
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... consideration , we may observe that those are generally most unsuccessful in their pursuit after fame who are most desirous of obtaining it . It was Sallust's remark upon Cato , that the less he coveted glory the more he acquired it ...
... consideration , we may observe that those are generally most unsuccessful in their pursuit after fame who are most desirous of obtaining it . It was Sallust's remark upon Cato , that the less he coveted glory the more he acquired it ...
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... consideration often stirs up the envy of such as were once his superiors , who think it a detraction from their merit to see another get ground upon them , and overtake them in the pursuits of glory ; and will , therefore , endeavour to ...
... consideration often stirs up the envy of such as were once his superiors , who think it a detraction from their merit to see another get ground upon them , and overtake them in the pursuits of glory ; and will , therefore , endeavour to ...
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... considerations , can engage a man in so desperate a pursuit . And yet , if we consider the little hap- piness that attends a great character , and the multitude of disquietudes to which the desire of it subjects an ambitious mind , one ...
... considerations , can engage a man in so desperate a pursuit . And yet , if we consider the little hap- piness that attends a great character , and the multitude of disquietudes to which the desire of it subjects an ambitious mind , one ...
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Términos y frases comunes
acrostic actions admiration advantage Æneid agreeable ALLEGORY ambition animal appear atheist Avarice beautiful bewitching black tower body burlesque cast character cheerfulness Cicero colours consider conversation creatures delight desire discourse discover Divine drachmas endeavour entertaining evil fable fame fancy filled folly friends genius give greater hand happy heart heaven HESIOD honour human nature ideas Iliad imagination infinitely Jupiter kind laugh laughter live look mankind manner mentioned mind Mirth never notion objects observed occasion ourselves Ovid pain particular passions perfection perpetual person philosopher Pindar Plato pleasing pleasure Plutus poet poverty present proper raise reader reason receive reflect religion reputation ridicule says secret sense shew short sider sight Sir Francis Bacon Sir Roger l'Estrange Socrates soul species temper things thou thought tion truth turn vanity vice Virgil virtue virtuous whole wisdom words writing Xenophon
Pasajes populares
Página 201 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
Página 263 - 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 66 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Página 213 - 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 25 - 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 210 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Página 200 - 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 116 - 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 268 - 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 67 - Ten thousand, thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.