The British essayists; with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Том 15 |
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... kings who never chose a friend Till with full cups they had unmask'd his soul , And seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts . ( ROSCOMMON . No vices are so incurable as those which men are apt to glory in . One would wonder how drunken ...
... kings who never chose a friend Till with full cups they had unmask'd his soul , And seen the bottom of his deepest thoughts . ( ROSCOMMON . No vices are so incurable as those which men are apt to glory in . One would wonder how drunken ...
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... king of Lydia , he thanked him for his kindness , but told him he had already more by half than he knew what to do with . In short , con- tent is equivalent to wealth , and luxury to poverty ; or , to give the thought a more agreeable ...
... king of Lydia , he thanked him for his kindness , but told him he had already more by half than he knew what to do with . In short , con- tent is equivalent to wealth , and luxury to poverty ; or , to give the thought a more agreeable ...
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... king's health when he was not dry . He would thrust his head out of his chamber window every morning , and , after having gaped for fresh air about half an hour , repeat fifty verses as loud as he could bawl them , for the benefit of ...
... king's health when he was not dry . He would thrust his head out of his chamber window every morning , and , after having gaped for fresh air about half an hour , repeat fifty verses as loud as he could bawl them , for the benefit of ...
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... king was infinitely charmed with so great an example of moderation ; and though he could not get him to engage in a life of business , made him however his chief companion and first favour- ite . ' As they were one day hunting together ...
... king was infinitely charmed with so great an example of moderation ; and though he could not get him to engage in a life of business , made him however his chief companion and first favour- ite . ' As they were one day hunting together ...
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... king immediately , reflecting on his young favourite's having refused the late offers of greatness he had made him , told him he presumed it was the power of making gold . " No , sir , " says the dervis , " it is somewhat more wonderful ...
... king immediately , reflecting on his young favourite's having refused the late offers of greatness he had made him , told him he presumed it was the power of making gold . " No , sir , " says the dervis , " it is somewhat more wonderful ...
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Стр. 256 - Why shrinks the soul Back on herself, and startles at destruction ? 'Tis the divinity that stirs within us; 'Tis Heaven itself that points out an hereafter, And intimates eternity to man.
Стр. 104 - Nothing is there to come, and nothing past, But an eternal now does always last.
Стр. 239 - I have been in the deep ; in journeyings often, in perils of waters, in perils of robbers, in perils by mine own countrymen, in perils by the heathen, in perils in the city, in perils in the wilderness, in perils in the sea, in perils among false brethren ; in weariness and painfulness, in watchings often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings often, in cold and nakedness.
Стр. 36 - They may show him that his discontent is unreasonable, but are by no means sufficient to relieve it. They rather give despair than consolation. In a word, a man might reply to one of these comforters, as Augustus did to his friend, who advised him not to grieve for the death of a person whom he loved, because his grief could not fetch him again. " It is for that very reason (said the emperor) that I grieve.
Стр. 113 - Our inimitable Shakespear is a stumbling-block to the whole tribe of these rigid critics. Who would not rather read one of his plays, where there is not a single rule of the stage observed, than any production of a modern critic, where there is not one of them violated...
Стр. 256 - The stars shall fade away, the sun himself Grow dim with age, and Nature sink in years, But thou shalt flourish in immortal youth, Unhurt amidst the war of elements, The wreck of matter, and the crush of worlds.
Стр. 18 - God is present with us, by the effects which he produceth in us. Our outward senses are too gross to apprehend him; we may, however, taste and see how gracious he is, by his influence upon our minds, by those virtuous thoughts which he awakens in us, by those secret comforts and refreshments which he...
Стр. 209 - THE man resolv'd and steady to his trust, Inflexible to ill, and obstinately just, May the rude rabble's insolence despise, Their senseless clamours and tumultuous cries; The tyrant's fierceness he beguiles, And the stern brow, and the harsh voice defies, And with superior greatness smiles.
Стр. 71 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Стр. 35 - Hammond, written by Bishop FelL As this good man was troubled with a complication of distempers, when he had the gout upon him, he used to thank God that it was not the stone ; and when he had the stone, that he had not both these distempers on him at the same time.