Memoir of William Burdon [by G. Ensor] Liberality of sentiment. Human inconsistencies. The imagination. Characters. The feelings. Education. British constitution. Political œconomyE. Wilson, 1820 |
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... death in 1818 he continued to spend his summers at Hartford , his maternal estate , passing his winters in London , and occasionally visiting Brighton for a short time during the spring . Such an abstract of life and death is more than ...
... death in 1818 he continued to spend his summers at Hartford , his maternal estate , passing his winters in London , and occasionally visiting Brighton for a short time during the spring . Such an abstract of life and death is more than ...
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... death overtakes us before they are realized . Whatever is not capable of being demonstrated by reason , or by evidence , is de- rived from the imagination . To imagination all systems of religious belief owe their origin ; and however ...
... death overtakes us before they are realized . Whatever is not capable of being demonstrated by reason , or by evidence , is de- rived from the imagination . To imagination all systems of religious belief owe their origin ; and however ...
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... death was the proof of his sincerity . Sparta will sustain no in- jury from my death , but she may if I fly . " He was slain very early in the engagement , and victory , after a long and doubtful struggle , decided at last for the ...
... death was the proof of his sincerity . Sparta will sustain no in- jury from my death , but she may if I fly . " He was slain very early in the engagement , and victory , after a long and doubtful struggle , decided at last for the ...
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... death his only brother , for having aimed at sovereign power , and devoted his own life to the service of the people of Syracuse , who had long suffered under the tyranny of Dionysius and the Carthaginians . He was successful in his ...
... death his only brother , for having aimed at sovereign power , and devoted his own life to the service of the people of Syracuse , who had long suffered under the tyranny of Dionysius and the Carthaginians . He was successful in his ...
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... death he left them a legacy which has been transmitted to their remote posterity ; notwithstanding all his laws and re- straints on the people , the words of his will declared that they were meant only for their benefit ; " For ...
... death he left them a legacy which has been transmitted to their remote posterity ; notwithstanding all his laws and re- straints on the people , the words of his will declared that they were meant only for their benefit ; " For ...
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Página 372 - That we often derive sorrow from the sorrow of others is a matter of fact too obvious to require any instances to prove it; for this sentiment, like all the other original passions of human nature, is by no means confined to the virtuous and humane, though they perhaps may feel it with the most exquisite sensibility. The greatest ruffian, the most hardened violator of the laws of society, is not altogether without it.
Página 339 - I am not afraid of those tender and scrupulous consciences who are over cautious of professing and believing too much ; if they are sincerely in the wrong, I forgive their errors, and respect their integrity. The men I am afraid of are the men who believe everything, who subscribe everything, and who vote for everything.
Página 384 - Not haughty, not arrogant, not supercilious, they are full of courtesy, and fond of society ; more liable in general to err than man, but in general also more virtuous, and performing more good actions, than he. To a woman, whether civilized or savage, I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer.
Página 384 - I never addressed myself in the language of decency and friendship, without receiving a decent and friendly answer; with man it has often been otherwise.
Página 348 - When all is done, human life is, at the greatest and the best, but like a froward child, that must be played with and humoured a little to keep it quiet till it falls asleep, and then the care is over.
Página 372 - How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or are made to conceive it in a very lively manner.
Página 345 - Why pique all mortals, yet affect a name? A fool to pleasure, yet a slave to fame: Now deep in Taylor and the Book of Martyrs, Now drinking citron with his Grace and Chartres: Now conscience chills her, and now passion burns; And atheism and religion take their turns; A very heathen in the carnal part, Yet still a sad, good Christian at her heart.
Página 348 - I doubt not but the pleasure and request of these two entertainments will do so too : and happy those that content themselves with these or any other so easy and so innocent, and do not trouble the world or other men, because they cannot be quiet themselves, though nobody hurts them...
Página 333 - Let us but weigh at what offence we strike ; 'Tis but because we cannot think alike. In punishing of this, we overthrow The laws of nations and of nature too. Beasts are the subjects of tyrannic sway, Where still the stronger on the weaker prey ; Man only of a softer mould is made, Not for his fellows...
Página 348 - ... transport you to the places and to the persons he describes, cannot be judged to be a poet, though his measures are never so just, his feet never so smooth, or his sounds never so sweet.