Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 92
... . Comfort smiled at his receiving the charge ; immediately the sky purpled on that side to which he turned , and double day at once broke in upon me . AMBITION : ITS USE AND ABUSE . " Fame is 92 Wisdom , Wit , and Allegory .
... . Comfort smiled at his receiving the charge ; immediately the sky purpled on that side to which he turned , and double day at once broke in upon me . AMBITION : ITS USE AND ABUSE . " Fame is 92 Wisdom , Wit , and Allegory .
الصفحة 93
... Fame is an ill you may with ease obtain , A sad oppression , to be borne with pain . " HESIOD . HE soul , considered abstractedly from its passions , is of a remiss and sedentary nature , slow in its resolves , and languishing in its ...
... Fame is an ill you may with ease obtain , A sad oppression , to be borne with pain . " HESIOD . HE soul , considered abstractedly from its passions , is of a remiss and sedentary nature , slow in its resolves , and languishing in its ...
الصفحة 94
... fame ; or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more immediately relate to his interest or con- venience ; or that Providence , in the very frame of his soul , would not subject him to such a ...
... fame ; or that he has not enough range of thought to look out for any good which does not more immediately relate to his interest or con- venience ; or that Providence , in the very frame of his soul , would not subject him to such a ...
الصفحة 95
... fame who are most desirous of obtaining it . It was Sallust's remark upon Cato , that the less he coveted glory the more he acquired it . Men take an ill - natured pleasure in crossing our inclina- tions , and disappointing us in what ...
... fame who are most desirous of obtaining it . It was Sallust's remark upon Cato , that the less he coveted glory the more he acquired it . Men take an ill - natured pleasure in crossing our inclina- tions , and disappointing us in what ...
الصفحة 96
... fame and reputation of an action , to ascribe it to vain - glory and a desire of fame in the actor . Nor is this common judgment and opinion of mankind ill founded ; for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to ...
... fame and reputation of an action , to ascribe it to vain - glory and a desire of fame in the actor . Nor is this common judgment and opinion of mankind ill founded ; for certainly it denotes no great bravery of mind to be worked up to ...
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الصفحة 211 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
الصفحة 273 - 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.
الصفحة 76 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
الصفحة 223 - 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.
الصفحة 35 - 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.
الصفحة 220 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
الصفحة 210 - 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.
الصفحة 126 - 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.
الصفحة 278 - 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.
الصفحة 77 - Ten thousand, thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.