 | 1849 - 648 páginas
...by this means to overlook, with a foolish contempt, the proper occasions for exercising them. It ,s not in the study of sublime speculations, nor amidst the pompous scenery of some imaginary theatre of action, that the heart grows wiser, or the temper more correct. It is in... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 428 páginas
...action, and by this means to overlook, with a foolish contempt, the proper occasions for exercising them. It is not in the study of sublime speculations, nor amidst the pompous scenery of some imaginary theatre of action, that the heart grows wiser, or the temper more correct. It is in... | |
 | Robert Southey - 1849 - 656 páginas
...WILLIAM FORBES — MAJOR GORDOX. 303 a foolish contempt, the proper occasions for exercising them. It is not in the study of sublime speculations, nor amidst the pompous scenery of some imaginary theatre of action, that the heart grows wiser, or the temper more correct. It is in... | |
 | Elizabeth Carter - 1817 - 426 páginas
...and by this means, to overlook, with a foolish contempt, the proper occasions for exercising them. It is not in the study of sublime speculations, nor amidst the pompous scenery of some imaginary theatre of action, that the heart grows wiser, or the temper more correct. It js in... | |
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I believe it is much oftener our pride than our virtue, which is hurt, by a submission to what we are- apt to deem trifles. We are led to form much too magnificent ideas of our own powers of action, and by this means, to overlook, with a foolish contempt,... 