The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumen15 |
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... turn . Who can endure to see the great officers of state , the B - y's and T - t's , treated after so scurrilous a manner ? ' 6 I can't for my life , ' says I , ' imagine who they are the Spectator means . ' ' No ! ' says he : - ' Your ...
... turn . Who can endure to see the great officers of state , the B - y's and T - t's , treated after so scurrilous a manner ? ' 6 I can't for my life , ' says I , ' imagine who they are the Spectator means . ' ' No ! ' says he : - ' Your ...
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... turns the good - natured man into an idiot , and the choleric into an assassin . It gives bitter- ness to resentment , it ... turn than of truth in a saying of Senec , that drunkenness does not produce but discover faults . Common expe ...
... turns the good - natured man into an idiot , and the choleric into an assassin . It gives bitter- ness to resentment , it ... turn than of truth in a saying of Senec , that drunkenness does not produce but discover faults . Common expe ...
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... turn . He smiled at my simplicity , and told me that it was his design to give us a tune upon it . As I was surprised at such a promise , he sent for an old frying - pan , and grating it upon the board , whistled to it in such a ...
... turn . He smiled at my simplicity , and told me that it was his design to give us a tune upon it . As I was surprised at such a promise , he sent for an old frying - pan , and grating it upon the board , whistled to it in such a ...
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... turn very little to the advantage of the owner , if there were not some inward disposition in the sick man to fa- vour the pretensions of the mountebank . Love of life in the one , and of money in the other , creates a good ...
... turn very little to the advantage of the owner , if there were not some inward disposition in the sick man to fa- vour the pretensions of the mountebank . Love of life in the one , and of money in the other , creates a good ...
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... turn , Content is natural wealth , ' says Socrates ; to which I shall add , Luxury is artificial poverty . ' I shall therefore recommend to the consideration of those who are always aiming after superfluous and 6 imaginary enjoyments ...
... turn , Content is natural wealth , ' says Socrates ; to which I shall add , Luxury is artificial poverty . ' I shall therefore recommend to the consideration of those who are always aiming after superfluous and 6 imaginary enjoyments ...
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Pasajes populares
Página 256 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Página 104 - Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last.
Página 239 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Página 36 - They may show him that his discontent is unreasonable, but are by no means sufficient to relieve it. They rather give despair than consolation. In a word, a man might reply to one of these comforters, as Augustus did to his friend, who advised him not to grieve for the death of a person whom he loved, because his grief could not fetch him again. " It is for that very reason (said the emperor) that I grieve.
Página 113 - Our inimitable Shakespear is a stumbling-block to the whole tribe of these rigid critics. Who would not rather read one of his plays, where there is not a single rule of the stage observed, than any production of a modern critic, where there is not one of them violated...
Página 256 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Página 18 - God is present with us, by the effects which he produceth in us. Our outward senses are too gross to apprehend him; we may, however, taste and see how gracious he is, by his influence upon our minds, by those virtuous thoughts which he awakens in us, by those secret comforts and refreshments which he...
Página 209 - THE man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries; The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Página 71 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Página 35 - Hammond, written by Bishop FelL As this good man was troubled with a complication of distempers, when he had the gout upon him, he used to thank God that it was not the stone ; and when he had the stone, that he had not both these distempers on him at the same time.