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... Thofe whom forrow incapacitates to enjoy the pleasures of contemplation , may properly apply to fuch diverfions , provided they are innocent , as lay ftrong bold on the attention ; and thofe whom fear of any future affliction chains ...
... Thofe whom forrow incapacitates to enjoy the pleasures of contemplation , may properly apply to fuch diverfions , provided they are innocent , as lay ftrong bold on the attention ; and thofe whom fear of any future affliction chains ...
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... 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 pride of wit and knowledge is often mortified by finding that they confer no ...
... 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 pride of wit and knowledge is often mortified by finding that they confer no ...
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... thofe minds which have been moft enlarged by know ledge , or elevated by genius . Thofe , who enjoyed every thing generally fup- pofed to confer happinefs , have been forced to feek it in the fhades of privacy . Though they poffeffed ...
... thofe minds which have been moft enlarged by know ledge , or elevated by genius . Thofe , who enjoyed every thing generally fup- pofed to confer happinefs , have been forced to feek it in the fhades of privacy . Though they poffeffed ...
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... thofe paffages from his remembrance , of which , though he cannot seriously approve them , the plea- fure overpowers the guilt , and refer them to a future hour , when they may be confidered with greater fafety . Such an hour will ...
... thofe paffages from his remembrance , of which , though he cannot seriously approve them , the plea- fure overpowers the guilt , and refer them to a future hour , when they may be confidered with greater fafety . Such an hour will ...
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... thofe who in- dulge it more troublesome than formi- dable , and ranks them rather with hor- nets and wafps , than with basilifks and lions . I have therefore prefixed a mot- to , which characterifes this paffion , not fo much by the ...
... thofe who in- dulge it more troublesome than formi- dable , and ranks them rather with hor- nets and wafps , than with basilifks and lions . I have therefore prefixed a mot- to , which characterifes this paffion , not fo much by the ...
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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.