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Pagina 23
... spirit must not vary with his fortune . There is no condition so low but may have hopes , nor any so high that is out of the reach of fears . It is the excellency of a great mind to triumph over all misfortunes and infelicities . If I ...
... spirit must not vary with his fortune . There is no condition so low but may have hopes , nor any so high that is out of the reach of fears . It is the excellency of a great mind to triumph over all misfortunes and infelicities . If I ...
Pagina 24
... spirits . It is the part of a wise man to foresee misfortunes , and to prevent them before they come ; of a valiant man , to order them well when they do come . In your undertakings , if you will be successful , let reason be the ...
... spirits . It is the part of a wise man to foresee misfortunes , and to prevent them before they come ; of a valiant man , to order them well when they do come . In your undertakings , if you will be successful , let reason be the ...
Pagina 28
... spirits , loseth all . Beware of suretyship for thy best friends . He that payeth another man's debts seeketh his own decay . -Lord Burleigh . · Meek souls there are , who little dream Their daily strife an angel's theme ; Or that the ...
... spirits , loseth all . Beware of suretyship for thy best friends . He that payeth another man's debts seeketh his own decay . -Lord Burleigh . · Meek souls there are , who little dream Their daily strife an angel's theme ; Or that the ...
Pagina 40
... spirit is poorer than a poor purse . A very few pounds a - year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice . " Tis as disagreeable to a prodigal to keep an ac- count of his expenses , as it is for a sinner to examine his conscience ...
... spirit is poorer than a poor purse . A very few pounds a - year would ease a man of the scandal of avarice . " Tis as disagreeable to a prodigal to keep an ac- count of his expenses , as it is for a sinner to examine his conscience ...
Pagina 46
... spirit in many persons , who are better pleased to detect a fault than to commend a virtue . The worthiest people are most injured by slan- derers ; as we usually find that to be the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at ...
... spirit in many persons , who are better pleased to detect a fault than to commend a virtue . The worthiest people are most injured by slan- derers ; as we usually find that to be the best fruit which the birds have been pecking at ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 19 - The discretion of a man deferreth his anger ; and it is his glory to pass over a transgression.
Pagina 128 - I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
Pagina 130 - Far, far away, like bells at evening pealing, The voice of Jesus sounds o'er land and sea, And laden souls by thousands meekly stealing, Kind Shepherd, turn their weary steps to Thee.
Pagina 15 - Yet even in the Old Testament, if you listen to David's harp, you shall hear as many hearse-like airs, as carols. And the pencil of the Holy Ghost hath laboured more in describing the afflictions of Job, than the felicities of Solomon.
Pagina 41 - Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food; but God has given us wit, and flavour, and brightness, and laughter, and perfumes, to enliven the days of man's pilgrimage, and to " charm his pained steps over the burning marie.
Pagina 3 - The end, then, of learning is to repair the ruins of our first parents by regaining to know God aright and out of that knowledge to love him, to imitate him, to be like him as we may the nearest by possessing our souls of true virtue, which being united to the heavenly grace of faith makes up the highest perfection.
Pagina 263 - Get thee hence, Satan : for it is written, Thou shalt worship the Lord thy God, and him only shalt thou serve." Then the devil leaveth him, and, behold, Angels came and ministered unto him.
Pagina 133 - ... prayer is the peace of our spirit, the stillness of our thoughts, the evenness of recollection, the seat of meditation, the rest of our cares, and the calm of our tempest ; prayer is the issue of a quiet mind, of untroubled thoughts, it is the daughter of charity, and the sister of meekness ; and he that prays to God with an angry, that is, with a troubled and discomposed spirit, is like him...
Pagina 132 - These our actors, As I foretold you, were all spirits and Are melted into air, into thin air: And, like the baseless fabric of this vision, The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces, The solemn temples, the great globe itself, Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolve And, like this unsubstantial pageant faded, Leave not a rack behind.