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... folly of him who lives only in idea , refufes immediate cafe for diftant pleafures , and , inftead of en- joying the bleffings of life , lets life glide away in preparations to enjoy them ; it affords fuch opportunities of triumphant ...
... folly of him who lives only in idea , refufes immediate cafe for diftant pleafures , and , inftead of en- joying the bleffings of life , lets life glide away in preparations to enjoy them ; it affords fuch opportunities of triumphant ...
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... Folly could confound , was , upon the firft gleam of the torch of Truth , exhi- bited in it's diftinct parts and original fimplicity ; it darted through the laby- rinths of fophiftry , and fhewed at once all the abfurdities to which ...
... Folly could confound , was , upon the firft gleam of the torch of Truth , exhi- bited in it's diftinct parts and original fimplicity ; it darted through the laby- rinths of fophiftry , and fhewed at once all the abfurdities to which ...
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... folly is not peculiar to the . thoughtless or ignorant , but fometimes feizes thofe minds which feem most ex- empted from it , by the variety of at- tainments , quickness of penetration , or feverity of judgment ; and , indeed , the ...
... folly is not peculiar to the . thoughtless or ignorant , but fometimes feizes thofe minds which feem most ex- empted from it , by the variety of at- tainments , quickness of penetration , or feverity of judgment ; and , indeed , the ...
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... folly and vanity ; from the cares of avarice , and the joys of intemperance ; from the lul- ling founds of deceitful flattery , and the tempting fight of profperous wickedness . F the most active and industrious of inta , life , to ...
... folly and vanity ; from the cares of avarice , and the joys of intemperance ; from the lul- ling founds of deceitful flattery , and the tempting fight of profperous wickedness . F the most active and industrious of inta , life , to ...
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... folly , and are confidered by their companions as under a predominant influence that leaves them not mafters of their conduct or language ; as act- ing without confcioufnefs , and rufhing into mischief with a mift before their eyes ...
... folly , and are confidered by their companions as under a predominant influence that leaves them not mafters of their conduct or language ; as act- ing without confcioufnefs , and rufhing into mischief with a mift before their eyes ...
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Página 317 - Be of good courage, I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts. I with this messenger will go along, Nothing to do, be sure, that may dishonour Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite.
Página 317 - With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains...
Página 415 - Nothing which reason condemns can be suitable to the dignity of the human mind. To be driven by external motives from the path which our own heart approves, to give way to...
Página 450 - It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy unenvied, to be healthful without physic, and secure without a guard ; to obtain from the bounty of nature what the great and wealthy are compelled to procure by the help of artists and attendants, of flatterers and spies.
Página 159 - Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. He that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows...
Página 20 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
Página 318 - I not been thus exiled from light, As in the land of darkness, yet in light, To live a life half dead, a living death, And buried; but, O yet more miserable!
Página 355 - Is it not certain that the tragic and comic affections have been moved alternately, with equal force, and that no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breast with palpitation, than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not however think it safe to judge of works of genius, merely by the event.
Página 463 - I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
Página 233 - As I was looking upon the various fate of the multitude about me, I was suddenly alarmed with an admonition from, some unknown power, " Gaze not idly upon others when thou thyself art sinking.