SolitudeCropper & Brown, 1856 - 360 pagina's |
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Pagina 23
... certainly were never less friendly and affectionate . Neither rank , nor sex , nor age , is free from this pernicious habit . Infants , before they can well lisp the rudiments of speech , are initiated into the idle ceremonies and ...
... certainly were never less friendly and affectionate . Neither rank , nor sex , nor age , is free from this pernicious habit . Infants , before they can well lisp the rudiments of speech , are initiated into the idle ceremonies and ...
Pagina 36
... certainly without foundation . A sensible and feeling philosopher views both the moral and physical defects of his fellow - creatures with an equal degree of regret . Why do moralists shun mankind by retiring into solitude , if it be ...
... certainly without foundation . A sensible and feeling philosopher views both the moral and physical defects of his fellow - creatures with an equal degree of regret . Why do moralists shun mankind by retiring into solitude , if it be ...
Pagina 43
... certainly the least oppressive when we carry it with good humor ; and in the shades of rural retirement , when we have once acquired a resolution to pass our hours with economy , sorrowful lamentations on the subject of time mispent ...
... certainly the least oppressive when we carry it with good humor ; and in the shades of rural retirement , when we have once acquired a resolution to pass our hours with economy , sorrowful lamentations on the subject of time mispent ...
Pagina 51
... certainly in retirement that he had laid the founda- tion of that glory which he afterward acquired . Characters of this description , it may be said , are no longer to be found ; but in my opinion both the idea and assertion would be ...
... certainly in retirement that he had laid the founda- tion of that glory which he afterward acquired . Characters of this description , it may be said , are no longer to be found ; but in my opinion both the idea and assertion would be ...
Pagina 55
... certainly the highest with which a great writer can possibly flatter his mind ; but he must pos- sess the comprehensive genius of a Bacon , think with the acuteness of Voltaire , compose with the ease and elegance of Rousseau , and ...
... certainly the highest with which a great writer can possibly flatter his mind ; but he must pos- sess the comprehensive genius of a Bacon , think with the acuteness of Voltaire , compose with the ease and elegance of Rousseau , and ...
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Populaire passages
Pagina 67 - So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much; He is a great observer, and he looks Quite through the deeds of men: he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony; he hears no music: Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself, and scorn'd his spirit That could be mov'd to smile at any thing.
Pagina 281 - Canst thou not minister to a mind diseas'd ; Pluck from the memory a rooted sorrow; Raze out the written troubles of the brain ; And with some sweet oblivious antidote Cleanse the stuffd bosom of that perilous stuff Which weighs upon the heart?
Pagina 89 - But o'er the twilight groves and dusky caves, Long-sounding aisles and intermingled graves, Black Melancholy sits, and round her throws A death-like silence, and a dread repose : Her gloomy presence saddens all the scene, Shades every flower, and darkens every green ; Deepens the murmur of the falling floods, And breathes a browner horror on the woods.
Pagina 67 - I do not know the man I should avoid So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men...
Pagina 181 - The world's a stately bark, on dang'rous seas, With pleasure seen, but boarded at our peril; Here, on a single plank, thrown safe ashore, I hear the tumult of the distant throng, As that of seas remote, or dying storms: And meditate on scenes, more silent still; Pursue my theme, and fight the Fear of Death.
Pagina 196 - It consisted only of six rooms, four of them in the form of friars' cells, with naked walls ; the other two, each twenty feet square, were hung with brown cloth and furnished in the most simple manner.
Pagina 349 - Some angel guide my pencil, while I draw, What nothing less than angel can exceed, A man on earth devoted to the skies; Like ships in seas, while in, above the world. With aspect mild, and elevated eye, Behold him seated on a mount serene, Above the fogs of sense, and passion's storm ; All the black cares and tumults of this life, Like harmless thunders, breaking at his feet, Excite his pity, not impair his peace.
Pagina 160 - And soon as man, expert from time, has found The key of life, it opes the gates of death. When in this vale of years I backward look, And miss such numbers, numbers too of such, Firmer* in health, and greener in their age, And stricter on their guard, and fitter far To play life's subtle game, I scarce believe 1 still survive : and am I fond of life, Who scarce can think it possible, I live? Alive by miracle ! or, what is next, Alive by MEAD ! if I am still alive, Who long have buried what gives...
Pagina 245 - In time, some particular train of ideas fixes the attention; all other intellectual gratifications are rejected ; the mind, in weariness or leisure, recurs constantly to the favourite conception, and feasts on the luscious falsehood whenever she is offended with the bitterness of truth.
Pagina 198 - To cure the mind's wrong bias, Spleen, Some recommend the bowling-green ; Some, hilly walks ; all, exercise ; Fling but a stone, the giant dies. Laugh and be well. Monkeys have been Extreme good doctors for the Spleen ; And kitten, if the humour hit, Has harlequin'd away the fit.