Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - Всего страниц: 318 |
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... TRUTH , 241 • THE REASONABLENESS OF VIRTUE : AN ALLEGORY , 245 THE IDEA OF A SUPREME BEING , 251 THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE , 256 THE IMPROVEMENT OF GENIUS , THE MUSICAL HOST , SINGULARITY IN BEHAVIOUR , THE PLEASURES OF THE ...
... TRUTH , 241 • THE REASONABLENESS OF VIRTUE : AN ALLEGORY , 245 THE IDEA OF A SUPREME BEING , 251 THE DIGNITY OF HUMAN NATURE , 256 THE IMPROVEMENT OF GENIUS , THE MUSICAL HOST , SINGULARITY IN BEHAVIOUR , THE PLEASURES OF THE ...
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... truth of it is , there is not a single science , or any branch of it , that might not furnish a man with business for life , though it were much longer than it is . · I shall not here engage on those beaten subjects of the usefulness of ...
... truth of it is , there is not a single science , or any branch of it , that might not furnish a man with business for life , though it were much longer than it is . · I shall not here engage on those beaten subjects of the usefulness of ...
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... , as lengthening it , by employing his thoughts on many subjects , or by entertaining . a quick and constant succession of ideas . Accordingly , Malebranche , in his " Inquiry after Truth , " 14 Wisdom , Wit , and Allegory :
... , as lengthening it , by employing his thoughts on many subjects , or by entertaining . a quick and constant succession of ideas . Accordingly , Malebranche , in his " Inquiry after Truth , " 14 Wisdom , Wit , and Allegory :
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... Truth , " tells us " that it is possible some creatures may think half an hour as long as we do a thousand years ; or look upon that space of duration which we call a minute , as an hour , a week , a month , or a whole age . " UL This ...
... Truth , " tells us " that it is possible some creatures may think half an hour as long as we do a thousand years ; or look upon that space of duration which we call a minute , as an hour , a week , a month , or a whole age . " UL This ...
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... truth of this pas- sage in the history of Mohammed , if he would consent to do what he should desire of him . Upon this the sultan was directed to place himself by a huge tub of water , which he did accordingly ; and as he stood by the ...
... truth of this pas- sage in the history of Mohammed , if he would consent to do what he should desire of him . Upon this the sultan was directed to place himself by a huge tub of water , which he did accordingly ; and as he stood by the ...
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acrostic actions admiration advantage Æneid agreeable ALLEGORY ambition animal appear atheist Avarice beautiful bewitching black tower body burlesque cast character cheerfulness Cicero colours consider conversation creatures delight desire discourse discover Divine drachmas endeavour entertaining evil fable fame fancy filled folly friends genius give greater hand happy heart heaven HESIOD honour human nature ideas Iliad imagination infinitely Jupiter kind laugh laughter live look mankind manner mentioned mind Mirth never notion objects observed occasion ourselves Ovid pain particular passions perfection perpetual person philosopher Pindar Plato pleasing pleasure Plutus poet poverty present proper raise reader reason receive reflect religion reputation ridicule says secret sense shew short sider sight Sir Francis Bacon Sir Roger l'Estrange Socrates soul species temper things thou thought tion truth turn vanity vice Virgil virtue virtuous whole wisdom words writing Xenophon
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Стр. 201 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
Стр. 263 - OUR sight is the most perfect and most delightful of all our senses. It fills the mind with the largest variety of ideas, converses with its objects at the greatest distance, and continues the longest in action, without being tired or satiated with its proper enjoyments.
Стр. 66 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Стр. 213 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate, Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute, And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Стр. 25 - I ascended the high hills of Bagdat in order to pass the rest of the day in meditation and prayer. As I was here airing myself on the tops of the mountains, I fell into a profound contemplation on the vanity of human life; and, passing from one thought to another, surely, said I, man is but a shadow and life a dream.
Стр. 210 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Стр. 200 - They that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters ; these see the works of the Lord, and his wonders in the deep.
Стр. 116 - I have set the Lord always before me : Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth : My flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Thou wilt show me the path of life : In thy presence is fulness of joy ; At thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Стр. 268 - On the contrary, a spacious horizon is an image of liberty, where the eye has room to range abroad, to expatiate at large on the immensity of its views, and to lose itself amidst the variety of objects that offer themselves to its observation.
Стр. 67 - Ten thousand, thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.