Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318 páginas |
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... reason , when we sleep soundly without dreaming , we have no perception of time , or the length of it whilst we sleep ; and that the moment wherein we leave off to think , till the moment we begin to think again , seems to have no ...
... reason , when we sleep soundly without dreaming , we have no perception of time , or the length of it whilst we sleep ; and that the moment wherein we leave off to think , till the moment we begin to think again , seems to have no ...
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... with his absurdities . For the same reason , idiots are still in request in most of the courts of Germany , where there is not a prince of any great magnificence who has not two or three dressed , THE THEORY OF LAUGHTER,
... with his absurdities . For the same reason , idiots are still in request in most of the courts of Germany , where there is not a prince of any great magnificence who has not two or three dressed , THE THEORY OF LAUGHTER,
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... reason why the insig- nificant people above mentioned are stirrers up of laughter among men of a gross taste ; but as the more understand- ing part of mankind do not find their risibility affected by such ordinary objects , it may be ...
... reason why the insig- nificant people above mentioned are stirrers up of laughter among men of a gross taste ; but as the more understand- ing part of mankind do not find their risibility affected by such ordinary objects , it may be ...
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... reason I am very much troubled when I see the talents of humour and ridicule in the possession of an ill - natured There cannot be a greater gratification to a bar- barous and inhuman wit than to stir up sorrow in the heart of a private ...
... reason I am very much troubled when I see the talents of humour and ridicule in the possession of an ill - natured There cannot be a greater gratification to a bar- barous and inhuman wit than to stir up sorrow in the heart of a private ...
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... reason , I have indeed heard of heedless , inconsiderate writers , that without any malice have sacrificed the reputation of their friends and acquaintance to a certain levity of temper , and a silly ambition of distinguishing ...
... reason , I have indeed heard of heedless , inconsiderate writers , that without any malice have sacrificed the reputation of their friends and acquaintance to a certain levity of temper , and a silly ambition of distinguishing ...
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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.