Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 25
... , and treated him with such a generous civility , that he made the poet his friend ever after . Cardinal Mazarine gave the same kind of treatment to the learned Quillet , who had reflected upon his eminence in a The Danger of Satire . 25.
... , and treated him with such a generous civility , that he made the poet his friend ever after . Cardinal Mazarine gave the same kind of treatment to the learned Quillet , who had reflected upon his eminence in a The Danger of Satire . 25.
الصفحة 125
... learned believe was formed among the heathens upon the tradition of the fall of man ) shews us how deplorable a state they thought the present life without hope . To set forth the utmost condition of misery , they tell us that our fore ...
... learned believe was formed among the heathens upon the tradition of the fall of man ) shews us how deplorable a state they thought the present life without hope . To set forth the utmost condition of misery , they tell us that our fore ...
الصفحة 133
... learned of a certain dervise to understand the language of birds , so that there was not a bird that could open his mouth but the vizier knew what it was he said . As he was one evening with the emperor , in their return from hunting ...
... learned of a certain dervise to understand the language of birds , so that there was not a bird that could open his mouth but the vizier knew what it was he said . As he was one evening with the emperor , in their return from hunting ...
الصفحة 134
... to one another . Whether the dervise above mentioned might not have eaten such a serpent , I shall leave to the determination of the learned . THE MOUNTAIN OF MISERIES : AN ALLEGORY . " Whence 134 Wisdom , Wit , and Allegory .
... to one another . Whether the dervise above mentioned might not have eaten such a serpent , I shall leave to the determination of the learned . THE MOUNTAIN OF MISERIES : AN ALLEGORY . " Whence 134 Wisdom , Wit , and Allegory .
الصفحة 135
... learned strife , To the calm blessings of a country life : And with these separate demands dismiss Each suppliant to enjoy the promised bliss : Don't you believe they'd run ? Not one will move THE MOUNTAIN OF MISERIES: AN ALLEGORY,
... learned strife , To the calm blessings of a country life : And with these separate demands dismiss Each suppliant to enjoy the promised bliss : Don't you believe they'd run ? Not one will move THE MOUNTAIN OF MISERIES: AN ALLEGORY,
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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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الصفحة 201 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 66 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 210 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 67 - Ten thousand, thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.