Essays from AddisonMacmillan Company, 1907 - 112 páginas |
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... says Prof. Courthope , " though it belongs to a bygone stage of society , is as durable as human nature itself , and while the language lasts the exquisite beauty of the colours in which it is preserved will excite the same kind of ...
... says Prof. Courthope , " though it belongs to a bygone stage of society , is as durable as human nature itself , and while the language lasts the exquisite beauty of the colours in which it is preserved will excite the same kind of ...
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... ( says the divine moralist ) was in that part of his youth in which it was natural for him to consider what course of life he ought to pursue , he one day retired into a desert , where the silence and solitude of the place very much ...
... ( says the divine moralist ) was in that part of his youth in which it was natural for him to consider what course of life he ought to pursue , he one day retired into a desert , where the silence and solitude of the place very much ...
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... ( says she , ) I offer myself to you , because I know you are descended from the gods , and give proofs of that descent by your love to virtue , and application to the studies proper for your age . This makes me hope you will gain , both ...
... ( says she , ) I offer myself to you , because I know you are descended from the gods , and give proofs of that descent by your love to virtue , and application to the studies proper for your age . This makes me hope you will gain , both ...
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... ( says she , ) we have gathered together all the good and evil , the comforts and distresses of human life , which we thus present before thee in one promiscuous heap . We beseech thee that thou thyself wilt sort them out for the 20 ...
... ( says she , ) we have gathered together all the good and evil , the comforts and distresses of human life , which we thus present before thee in one promiscuous heap . We beseech thee that thou thyself wilt sort them out for the 20 ...
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... ( says he ) any of these active persons to produce half the adventures that this twelvepenny piece has been engaged in , were it possible for him to give us an account of his life . " My friend's talk made so odd an impression upon my 20 ...
... ( says he ) any of these active persons to produce half the adventures that this twelvepenny piece has been engaged in , were it possible for him to give us an account of his life . " My friend's talk made so odd an impression upon my 20 ...
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Página 68 - The bridge thou seest, said he, is human life ; consider it attentively. Upon a more leisurely survey of it, I found that it consisted of threescore and ten entire arches, with several broken arches, which, added to those that were entire, made up the number about an hundred.
Página 67 - 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.
Página 68 - But tell me further, said he, what thou discoverest on it. I see multitudes of people passing over it, said I, and a black cloud hanging on each end of it. As I looked more attentively, I saw several of the passengers dropping through the bridge, into the great tide that flowed underneath it ; and upon...
Página 82 - Errors, like straws, upon the surface flow ; He who would search for pearls, must dive below.
Página 60 - As Sir Roger is landlord to the whole congregation, he keeps them in very good order, and will suffer nobody to sleep in it besides himself; for if by chance he has been surprised into a short nap at sermon, upon recovering out of it he stands up and looks about him, and if he sees anybody else nodding, either wakes them himself or sends his servants to them.
Página 78 - OH THAT I were as in months past, as in the days when God preserved me; When his candle shined upon my head, and when by his light I walked through darkness...
Página 70 - I could discover nothing in it: but the other appeared to me a vast ocean planted with innumerable islands, that were covered with fruits and flowers, and interwoven with a thousand little shining seas that ran among them.
Página 61 - I was yesterday very much surprised to hear my old friend, in the midst of the service, calling out to one John Matthews to mind what he was about, and not disturb the congregation. This John Matthews it seems is remarkable for being an idle fellow, and at that time was kicking his heels for his diversion.
Página 57 - I have observed in several of my papers that my friend Sir Roger, amidst all his good qualities, is something of a humorist ; and that his virtues, as well as imperfections, are, as it were, tinged by a certain extravagance which makes them particularly his, and distinguishes them from those of other men. This cast of...
Página 67 - man is but a shadow and life a dream.' Whilst I was thus musing, I cast my eyes towards the summit of a rock that was not far from me, where I discovered one in the habit of a shepherd, with a musical instrument in his hand.