Select British Classics, 10권J. Conrad, 1803 |
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... desires . My wife , who had never been accustomed to splendour , joined her endeavours to mine in the superintendence of our economy ; we lived in decent plenty , and were not excluded from moderate pleasures . But slight causes produce ...
... desires . My wife , who had never been accustomed to splendour , joined her endeavours to mine in the superintendence of our economy ; we lived in decent plenty , and were not excluded from moderate pleasures . But slight causes produce ...
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... desire may be raised by vanity , with what rapture baubles are snatched out of the hands of rival collec- tors , how the eagerness of one raises eagerness in an- other , and one worthless purchase makes a second necessary , may , by ...
... desire may be raised by vanity , with what rapture baubles are snatched out of the hands of rival collec- tors , how the eagerness of one raises eagerness in an- other , and one worthless purchase makes a second necessary , may , by ...
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... desires ; and another with more art than virtue , depreciates that which he values most , in hope to have it at an easy price . The novice is often surprised to see what minute and unimportant discriminations increase or diminish value ...
... desires ; and another with more art than virtue , depreciates that which he values most , in hope to have it at an easy price . The novice is often surprised to see what minute and unimportant discriminations increase or diminish value ...
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... desire increases by indulgence beyond the power of honest gratification . These are the effects of curiosity in excess ; but what passion in excess will not become vicious ? All indifferent qualities and practices are bad , if they are ...
... desire increases by indulgence beyond the power of honest gratification . These are the effects of curiosity in excess ; but what passion in excess will not become vicious ? All indifferent qualities and practices are bad , if they are ...
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... desire can have no particular stimulation ; that which is to be loved long must be loved with reason rather than with passion . He that lays out his labours upon tem- porary subjects , easily finds readers , and quickly loses them ; for ...
... desire can have no particular stimulation ; that which is to be loved long must be loved with reason rather than with passion . He that lays out his labours upon tem- porary subjects , easily finds readers , and quickly loses them ; for ...
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184 페이지 - Statesman \ yet friend to Truth! of soul sincere, ' In action faithful, and in honour clear ; 'Who broke no promise, serv'd no private end, 'Who gain'd no title, and who lost no friend ; 'Ennobled by himself, by all approv'd, 'And prais'd, unenvy'd, by the Muse he lov'd.
82 페이지 - Achilles' wrath, to Greece the direful spring Of woes unnumber'd, heavenly Goddess sing, The wrath which hurl'd to Pluto's gloomy reign The souls of mighty chiefs untimely slain.
98 페이지 - The Italian, attends only to the invariable, the great and general ; ideas which are fixed and inherent in universal nature; the Dutch, on the contrary, to literal truth and a minute exactness in the detail, as I may say, of nature modified by accident. The attention to these petty peculiarities is the very cause of this naturalness so much admired in the Dutch pictures, which, if we suppose it to be a beauty, is certainly...
183 페이지 - To this sad shrine, whoe'er thou art, draw near, Here lies the friend most loved, the son most dear ; Who ne'er knew joy, but friendship might divide, Or gave his father grief but when he died.
89 페이지 - It may appear strange, perhaps, to hear this sense of the rule disputed ; but it must be considered, that, if the excellency of a painter consisted only in this kind of imitation, painting must lose its rank, and be no longer considered as a liberal art, and sister to poetry, this imitation being merely mechanical, in which the slowest intellect is always sure to succeed best...
186 페이지 - On Mrs. Corbet, who died of a Cancer in her Breast. ' Here rests a woman, good without pretence, Blest with plain reason, and with sober sense ; No conquest she, but o'er herself desir'd ; No arts essay'd, but not to be admir'd. Passion and pride were to her soul unknown, Convinc'd that Virtue only is our own.
187 페이지 - Pensive hast follow'd to the silent tomb, Steer'd the same course to the same quiet shore, Not parted long, and now to part no more ! Go, then, where only bliss sincere is known! Go, where to love and to enjoy are one ! Yet take these tears, Mortality's relief, And, till we share your joys, forgive our grief: These little rites, a stone, a verse receive, Tis all a father, all a friend can give...
106 페이지 - NOVEMBER 24, 1759. .BIOGRAPHY is, of the various kinds of narrative writing, that which is most eagerly read, and most easily applied to the purposes of life.
191 페이지 - Unblam'd through life, lamented in thy end ; These are thy honours ! not that here thy bust Is mix'd with heroes, or with kings thy dust ; But that the worthy and the good shall say, Striking their pensive bosoms — Here lies Gay...
92 페이지 - That every day has its pains and sorrows is universally experienced, and almost universally confessed; but let us not attend only to mournful truths; if we look impartially about us, we shall find that every day has likewise its pleasures and its joys.