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Pagina 22
Truly , ” he says , " if I compare all the rest of my forepassed life unto the foure
years , I so happily enjoied the sweet company , and deare - deare society of that
worthy man , it is nought but a vapour , nought but a darke and yrksome light .
Truly , ” he says , " if I compare all the rest of my forepassed life unto the foure
years , I so happily enjoied the sweet company , and deare - deare society of that
worthy man , it is nought but a vapour , nought but a darke and yrksome light .
Pagina 31
... infirmities , as well from ourselves as others . Yea , but thou thinkest thou art
more miserable than the rest , other men are happy in respect of thee , their
miseries are but flea - bitings to thine , thou alone art unhappy , none so bad as
thyself .
... infirmities , as well from ourselves as others . Yea , but thou thinkest thou art
more miserable than the rest , other men are happy in respect of thee , their
miseries are but flea - bitings to thine , thou alone art unhappy , none so bad as
thyself .
Pagina 32
Be silent , then , rest satisfied , desine , intuensque in aliorum infortunia , solare
mentem , comfort thyself with other men's misfortunes , and as the moldiwarpe in
Ęsop told the fox , complaining for want of a tail , and the rest of his companions
...
Be silent , then , rest satisfied , desine , intuensque in aliorum infortunia , solare
mentem , comfort thyself with other men's misfortunes , and as the moldiwarpe in
Ęsop told the fox , complaining for want of a tail , and the rest of his companions
...
Pagina 33
Be content and rest satisfied , for thou art well in respect of others ; be thankful for
that thou hast , that God hath done for thee , he hath not made thee a monster , a
beast , a base creature , as he might , but a man , a Christian , such a man ...
Be content and rest satisfied , for thou art well in respect of others ; be thankful for
that thou hast , that God hath done for thee , he hath not made thee a monster , a
beast , a base creature , as he might , but a man , a Christian , such a man ...
Pagina 35
For thy part then rest satisfied , cast all thy care on him , thy burden on him , rely
on him , trust in him , and he shall nourish thee , care for thee , give thee thine
heart ' s desire ; say with David , God is our hope and strength , in troubles ready
to ...
For thy part then rest satisfied , cast all thy care on him , thy burden on him , rely
on him , trust in him , and he shall nourish thee , care for thee , give thee thine
heart ' s desire ; say with David , God is our hope and strength , in troubles ready
to ...
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The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes William James Dawson,Coningsby Dawson Volledige weergave - 1909 |
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Populaire passages
Pagina 330 - Fair youth, beneath the trees, thou canst not leave Thy song, nor ever can those trees be bare; Bold Lover, never, never canst thou kiss Though winning near the goal — yet, do not grieve; She cannot fade, though thou hast not thy bliss, For ever wilt thou love, and she be fair!
Pagina 290 - And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection, — to beauty, in a word, which is only truth seen from another side?
Pagina 319 - English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Pagina 337 - Its loveliness increases ; it will never Pass into nothingness ; but still will keep A bower quiet for us, and a sleep Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing. Therefore, on every morrow, are we wreathing A flowery band to bind us to the earth...
Pagina 29 - It is a strange thing to note the excess of this passion, and how it braves the nature and value of things by this, that the speaking in a perpetual hyperbole, is comely in nothing but in love : neither is it merely in the phrase; for whereas it hath been well said, " That the arch " flatterer, with whom all the petty flatterers have " intelligence, is a man's self...
Pagina 41 - Truth, indeed, came once into the world with her divine Master, and was a perfect shape most glorious to look on...
Pagina 291 - Every moment some form grows perfect in hand or face; some tone on the hills or the sea is choicer than the rest; some mood of passion or insight or intellectual excitement is irresistibly real and attractive to us, - for that moment only.
Pagina 237 - And the glorious beauty, which is on the head of the fat valley, shall be a fading flower, And as the hasty fruit before the summer; Which when he that looketh upon it seeth, While it is yet in his hand he eateth it up.
Pagina 183 - I loved Ophelia: forty thousand brothers Could not with all their quantity of love, Make up my sum.
Pagina 289 - Beautiful city ! so venerable, so lovely, so unravaged by the fierce intellectual life of our century, so serene ! " There are our young barbarians, all at play ! " And yet, steeped in sentiment as she lies, spreading her gardens to the moonlight, and whispering from her towers the last enchantments of the Middle Age, who will deny that Oxford, by her ineffable charm, keeps ever calling us nearer to the true goal of all of us, to the ideal, to perfection...
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | The Great English Essayists: With Introductory Essays and Notes Lights of literature Volume 3 van Reader's library. [vol. III], William James Dawson |
| Auteurs | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson |
| Redacteurs | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson |
| Bijdragers | William James Dawson, Coningsby Dawson |
| Uitgever | Harper & brothers, 1909 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | de University of Michigan |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 7 feb 2007 |
| Lengte | 351 pagina's |
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