Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318페이지 |
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... on the 17th of June 1719 , in the 48th year of his age , leaving behind him , however , a name which will ever stand prominently forth in the annals of British literature . CONTENTS . PAGE PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF TIME , THE THEORY vi Preface .
... on the 17th of June 1719 , in the 48th year of his age , leaving behind him , however , a name which will ever stand prominently forth in the annals of British literature . CONTENTS . PAGE PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF TIME , THE THEORY vi Preface .
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... PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF TIME , THE THEORY OF LAUGHTER , THE DANGER OF SATIRE , LUXURY AND AVARICE : ' AN ALLEGORY , HUMOUR : FALSE AND TRUE , 9 19 24 29 31 THE VISION OF MIRZA : AN ORIENTAL ALLEGORY , NATURAL GENIUS , ON INCONSISTENCY AND ...
... PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF TIME , THE THEORY OF LAUGHTER , THE DANGER OF SATIRE , LUXURY AND AVARICE : ' AN ALLEGORY , HUMOUR : FALSE AND TRUE , 9 19 24 29 31 THE VISION OF MIRZA : AN ORIENTAL ALLEGORY , NATURAL GENIUS , ON INCONSISTENCY AND ...
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... , 251 THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE , 256 THE IMPROVEMENT OF GENIUS , THE MUSICAL HOST , SINGULARITY IN BEHAVIOUR , THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION , 261 267 270 273 WISDOM , WIT , AND ALLEGORY . PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF viii Contents .
... , 251 THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE , 256 THE IMPROVEMENT OF GENIUS , THE MUSICAL HOST , SINGULARITY IN BEHAVIOUR , THE PLEASURES OF THE IMAGINATION , 261 267 270 273 WISDOM , WIT , AND ALLEGORY . PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF viii Contents .
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... PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF TIME . " Thy lengthen'd hopes with prudence bound Proportion'd to the flying hour : While thus we talk in careless ease , The envious moments wing their flight ; Instant the fleeting pleasure seize , Nor trust to ...
... PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF TIME . " Thy lengthen'd hopes with prudence bound Proportion'd to the flying hour : While thus we talk in careless ease , The envious moments wing their flight ; Instant the fleeting pleasure seize , Nor trust to ...
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... fears , its sorrows , its apprehensions , to the great Supporter of its existence . I have here only considered the necessity of a man's being virtuous , that he may have something to do ; Proper Employment of Time . II.
... fears , its sorrows , its apprehensions , to the great Supporter of its existence . I have here only considered the necessity of a man's being virtuous , that he may have something to do ; Proper Employment of Time . II.
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acrostic actions admiration advantage Æneid agreeable ALLEGORY ambition animal appear atheist Avarice beautiful bewitching black tower body burlesque cast character cheerfulness Cicero colours consider conversation creatures delight desire discourse discover Divine drachmas endeavour entertaining evil fable fame fancy filled folly friends genius give greater hand happy heart heaven HESIOD honour human nature ideas Iliad imagination infinitely Jupiter kind laugh laughter live look mankind manner mentioned mind Mirth never notion objects observed occasion ourselves Ovid pain particular passions perfection perpetual person philosopher Pindar Plato pleasing pleasure Plutus poet poverty present proper raise reader reason receive reflect religion reputation ridicule says secret sense shew short sider sight Sir Francis Bacon Sir Roger l'Estrange Socrates soul species temper things thou thought tion truth turn vanity vice Virgil virtue virtuous whole wisdom words writing Xenophon
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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.