Lacon: or, Many things in few words, Volume 2Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme&Brown, 1823 |
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Pagina 5
... greatest ge- neral good , by the smallest individual sacrifice ; and there are others where he may make the greatest individual sacrifice , and yet produce but little general good . If indeed the moral philoso- pher is determined to do ...
... greatest ge- neral good , by the smallest individual sacrifice ; and there are others where he may make the greatest individual sacrifice , and yet produce but little general good . If indeed the moral philoso- pher is determined to do ...
Pagina 8
... greatest wit , but sometimes of the greatest beauty , and sometimes of the greatest sublimity . Milton , in his moral description of hell , says that it was a place which God " created evil , for evil only good ; where all life dies ...
... greatest wit , but sometimes of the greatest beauty , and sometimes of the greatest sublimity . Milton , in his moral description of hell , says that it was a place which God " created evil , for evil only good ; where all life dies ...
Pagina 32
... greatest things are diminished by distance , and they become evanescent , if to that distance be added doubt . But should the doubt of futurity intro- duce the denial of it , what must then be the result ? all that endears us to our ...
... greatest things are diminished by distance , and they become evanescent , if to that distance be added doubt . But should the doubt of futurity intro- duce the denial of it , what must then be the result ? all that endears us to our ...
Pagina 42
... greatest part of beings ( by which he afterwards gives us to under- stand he means impressions and ideas ) do and must exist after this manner . " A moral reflection ( says he ) cannot be placed either on the right or on the left hand ...
... greatest part of beings ( by which he afterwards gives us to under- stand he means impressions and ideas ) do and must exist after this manner . " A moral reflection ( says he ) cannot be placed either on the right or on the left hand ...
Pagina 57
... greatest moment abroad , by paltry jealousies at home . LXXXI . A man's profundity may keep him from opening on a first interview , and his caution on a second ; but I should suspect his emptiness , if he carried on his reserve to a ...
... greatest moment abroad , by paltry jealousies at home . LXXXI . A man's profundity may keep him from opening on a first interview , and his caution on a second ; but I should suspect his emptiness , if he carried on his reserve to a ...
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Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words : Addressed to Those who Think, Volume 2 Charles Caleb Colton Volledige weergave - 1825 |
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Pagina 4 - I want a hero: an uncommon want, When every year and month sends forth a new one, Till, after cloying the gazettes with cant, The age discovers he is not the true one: Of such as these I should not care to vaunt, I'll therefore take our ancient friend Don Juan — We all have seen him, in the Pantomime Sent to the devil, somewhat ere his time.
Pagina 99 - And conceiving God to be the fountain of wisdom, I thought it right and necessary to solicit his assistance for obtaining it ; to this end I formed the following little prayer, which was prefixed to my tables of examination, for daily use.
Pagina 37 - And down she suck'd with her the whirling wave, Like one who grapples with his enemy, And strives to strangle him before he die.
Pagina 18 - Man's love is of man's life a thing apart ; 'Tis woman's whole existence...
Pagina 23 - There's nought, no doubt, so much the spirit calms As rum and true religion : thus it was, Some plunder'ed, some drank spirits, some sung psalms, The high wind made the treble, and as bass The hoarse harsh waves kept time ; fright cured the qualms Of all the luckless landsmen's sea-sick maws : Strange sounds of wailing, blasphemy, devotion, Clamour'd in chorus to the roaring ocean.
Pagina 121 - Liberty will not descend to a people, a people must raise themselves to liberty ; It is a blessing that must be earned before it can be enjoyed.
Pagina 13 - Lucretius' irreligion is too strong For early stomachs, to prove wholesome food ; I can't help thinking Juvenal was wrong, Although no doubt his real intent was good, For speaking out so plainly in his song, So much indeed as to be downright rude ; And then what proper person can be partial To all those nauseous epigrams of Martial ? XLIV.
Pagina 10 - I'ma plain man, and in a single station, But — Oh ! ye lords of ladies intellectual, Inform us truly, have they not hen-pecked you all...
Pagina 39 - Alas! the love of women! it is known To be a lovely and a fearful thing; For all of theirs upon that die is thrown, And if 'tis lost, life hath no more to bring To them but mockeries of the past alone...
Pagina 96 - The tent-ropes flapping lone I hear For twilight converse, arm in arm ; The jackal's shriek bursts on mine ear When mirth and music wont to charm. By Cherical's dark wandering streams, Where cane-tufts shadow all the wild, Sweet visions haunt my waking dreams...