Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318페이지 |
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... ourselves in this particular by all those various turns of expression and thought which are peculiar to his writings . I often consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former ...
... ourselves in this particular by all those various turns of expression and thought which are peculiar to his writings . I often consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former ...
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... ourselves , and destitute of company and conversation ; I mean that intercourse and communication which every reasonable creature ought to maintain with the great Author of his being . The man who lives under a habitual sense of the ...
... ourselves , and destitute of company and conversation ; I mean that intercourse and communication which every reasonable creature ought to maintain with the great Author of his being . The man who lives under a habitual sense of the ...
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... ourselves dili- gently to the pursuits of knowledge . The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas , as those of a fool are by his passions . The time of the one is long , because he does not know what to do with it ; so is that ...
... ourselves dili- gently to the pursuits of knowledge . The hours of a wise man are lengthened by his ideas , as those of a fool are by his passions . The time of the one is long , because he does not know what to do with it ; so is that ...
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... ourselves ; but if they would have us laugh at them , they must fall short of us in those respects which stir up this passion . I am afraid I shall appear too abstracted in my specula- tions if I shew that , when a man of wit makes us ...
... ourselves ; but if they would have us laugh at them , they must fall short of us in those respects which stir up this passion . I am afraid I shall appear too abstracted in my specula- tions if I shew that , when a man of wit makes us ...
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... ourselves at rest in this par- ticular , and that is by adhering steadfastly to one great end as the chief and ultimate aim of all our pursuits . If we are firmly resolved to live up to the dictates of reason , without any regard to ...
... ourselves at rest in this par- ticular , and that is by adhering steadfastly to one great end as the chief and ultimate aim of all our pursuits . If we are firmly resolved to live up to the dictates of reason , without any regard to ...
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201 페이지 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
263 페이지 - 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.
66 페이지 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
213 페이지 - 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.
25 페이지 - 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.
210 페이지 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
200 페이지 - 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.
116 페이지 - 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.
268 페이지 - 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.
67 페이지 - Ten thousand, thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.