Poems and Essays, Volumen1R. Cruttwell, 1787 |
Términos y frases comunes
affection afflictions afford againſt alſo amuſement becauſe benevolence beſt beſtow bleffings blifs cauſe charm circumſtances confequence confider converſation defire degree delight deſtroy difpofition diſappointment diſguiſe eaſe endeavour enjoy enjoyment eſteem ev'ry exerciſe exertion expreffing expreffion fame fatisfaction fecure feek feel fenfible fentiments fhall fhew fhould fince fincere fituation fociety fome forrows fortitude foul fource friendſhip ftill fucceed fuch fufferings fufficient fuperior fupport fure give greateſt happineſs happy heart himſelf hopes infenfible infpires inftances innocence intereſted itſelf juſt kindneſs laft laſt leaſt lefs midſt mind moſt muft muſt ne'er neceffary nefs never numberlefs o'er obfervation occafions ourſelves pain perſon pleafing pleaſing pleaſure poffefs poffible pow'r praiſe preſent proſpect purſued purſuits reaſon rife ſcene ſeek ſelfiſh ſenſe ſhall ſhare ſhe ſmile ſome ſpread ſtate ſtill ſuch ſuppoſed ſweet thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe thought thoughtleſs trifling true uſeful utmoſt virtue whoſe wiſh youth
Pasajes populares
Página 205 - To be steadfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as we know that our labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Página 205 - Paul, that henceforth there is laid up for us a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, shall give us at that day. 2 Tim. iv. 8. For we have the promise of him who is truth itself, and cannot deceive us, that, if we are faithful unto death, he will give us a crown of life.
Página 66 - And fancy scatters roses all around, What blissful visions rise ! In prospect bright Awhile they charm the soul : but scarce attain'd, The gay delusion fades. — Another comes, The soft enchantment is again renew'd, And youth again enjoys the airy dreams Of fancied good.
Página 9 - To Shakespeare's self, new charms, new force,, impart, — Bid unknown horrors shake the firmest soul, And unknown feelings melt the hardest heart ? Oft when his eye, with more than magic pow'r, Gave life to thoughts which words could ne'er reveal, The voice of praise awhile was heard no more,. All gaz'd in silence, and could only feel. Each thought suspended in a general pause, All shar'd his passions, and forgot their own ; 'Till, rous'd at length, in thunders of applause, Th' accordant dictates...
Página 90 - ... and all the world ? The young are too apt to fancy that the affections of their hearts will prove the...
Página 83 - ... and its pains ; unmixed happinefs or mifery not being the lot of this life, but referved for a future ftate. The happinefs of life muft then be eftimated by the proportion its joys bear to its...
Página 88 - At the first entrance into the world, when the imagination is active, the affections warm, and the heart a stranger to deceit, and consequently to suspicion, what delightful dreams of happiness are formed!
Página 3 - Before my eyes your fairy vifions fpread ! Alas ! thofe vifions charm no more, The pleafing dream of youth is o'er; Far other thoughts muft now the foul employ, It glows with other hopes, it pants for other joy.
Página 89 - The endeavour which it excites affords ftill higher pleafure; and when that endeavour is blefled with fuccefs, the benevolent heart will feel a real joy, to which its own fufferings Cannot render it infenfible. By every fuch exertion, the mind will gain new ftrength, and enjoy new pleafure; its native vigour, which forrow had...
Página 90 - ... the effects they may produce. The imagination has painted an object, which perhaps is not to be found in this world ; that object has been purfued in vain : but...