Select British Classics, Zväzok 6J. Conrad, 1803 |
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Strana 6
... tion , or reminding them that they are themselves on the edge of the precipice , and that they must soon . plunge into the gulph of eternity . It seems to me remarkable that death increases our veneration for the good , and extenuates ...
... tion , or reminding them that they are themselves on the edge of the precipice , and that they must soon . plunge into the gulph of eternity . It seems to me remarkable that death increases our veneration for the good , and extenuates ...
Strana 16
... tion which are to be practised without expence , and by which those may be made our friends who have never received from us any real benefit . Such arts , when they include neither guilt nor meanness , it is surely reasonable to learn ...
... tion which are to be practised without expence , and by which those may be made our friends who have never received from us any real benefit . Such arts , when they include neither guilt nor meanness , it is surely reasonable to learn ...
Strana 17
... tion of laborious study ; and the offspring of a fond parent ; I who know the passions of an author , cannot remember how long they have lain in my boxes unre- garded , without imagining to myself the various chan- ges of sorrow ...
... tion of laborious study ; and the offspring of a fond parent ; I who know the passions of an author , cannot remember how long they have lain in my boxes unre- garded , without imagining to myself the various chan- ges of sorrow ...
Strana 21
... tion of things ; but the mere power of saving what is already in our hands , must be easy of acquisition to every mind ; and as the example of Bacon may show that the highest intellect cannot safely neglect it , a thousand instances ...
... tion of things ; but the mere power of saving what is already in our hands , must be easy of acquisition to every mind ; and as the example of Bacon may show that the highest intellect cannot safely neglect it , a thousand instances ...
Strana 23
... tion . With this precept it may be , perhaps , imagined easy to comply ; yet if those whom profusion has buried in prisons , or driven into banishment , were exa- mined , it would be found that very few were ruined by their own choice ...
... tion . With this precept it may be , perhaps , imagined easy to comply ; yet if those whom profusion has buried in prisons , or driven into banishment , were exa- mined , it would be found that very few were ruined by their own choice ...
Časté výrazy a frázy
acquaintance admiration amusements ance appearance attention beauty censure common considered contempt corruption danger daugh delight Demochares desire diligence DRYDEN duty effect endeavour enquiry envy equally Eumenes excellence expect expence eyes Falsehood fancy favour fear felicity flatter folly fortune frequently friendship Gabba gaiety give gratifications happiness heart hexameter Homer honour hope hopes and fears hour human imagination incited inclined innu Jupiter justly kind knowledge labour ladies learning lence less libertine lives look mankind ments Milton mind misery nature necessary neglect neral ness never numbers nursling observed once opinion ourselves OVID pain passed passions perhaps perpetual pleased pleasure praise precepts racter Rambler reason regard rest retire riches rience rieties SATURDAY scarcely seldom sometimes soon sophism sound stancy suffer syllables tenderness thing thought thousand tion Truth TUESDAY tural vanity verse virtue vowels wisdom wish
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Strana 210 - His praise, ye Winds, that from four quarters blow, Breathe soft or loud ; and, wave your tops, ye Pines, With every plant, in sign of worship wave. Fountains, and ye that warble, as ye flow, Melodious murmurs, warbling tune his praise.
Strana 210 - At once on the eastern cliff of Paradise He lights, and to his proper shape returns A seraph wing'd : six wings he wore, to shade His lineaments divine : the pair that clad Each shoulder broad came mantling o'er his breast With regal ornament ; the middle pair Girt like a starry zone his waist, and round Skirted his loins and thighs with downy gold And colours dipp'd in heaven ; the third his feet Shadow'd from either heel with feather'd mail, Sky-tinctured grain. Like Maia's son he stood, And shook...
Strana 201 - Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar.
Strana 62 - ... every moment drawing nearer to safety or to destruction. At length, not fear, but labour, began to overcome him ; his breath grew short, and his knees trembled, and he was on the point of lying down, in resignation to his fate, when he beheld, through the brambles, the glimmer of a taper. He advanced towards the light, and, finding that it proceeded from the cottage of a hermit, he called humbly at the door, and obtained admission. The old man set before him such provisions as he had collected...
Strana 225 - THE reader is indebted for this day's entertainment to an author from whom the age has received greater favours, who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue.
Strana 62 - Here the heart softens and vigilance subsides ; we are then willing to inquire whether another advance cannot be made, and whether we may not, at least, turn our eyes upon the gardens of pleasure. We approach them with scruple...
Strana 59 - He did not, however, forget whither he was travelling, but found a narrow way, bordered with flowers, which appeared to have the same direction with the main road, and was pleased that, by this happy experiment, he had found means to unite pleasure with business, and to gain the rewards of diligence without suffering its fatigues.
Strana 166 - Ordain'd by thee; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But thou hast promis'd from us two a race To fill the earth, who shall with us extol Thy goodness infinite, both when we wake, And when we seek, as now, thy gift of sleep.
Strana 137 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Strana 37 - ... more knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants, than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.