Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318 من الصفحات |
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الصفحة 34
... pain and poverty . Thirdly , He is wonderfully unlucky , insomuch that he will bite the hand that feeds him , and endeavour to ridicule both friends and foes indifferently . For having but small talents , he must be merry where he can ...
... pain and poverty . Thirdly , He is wonderfully unlucky , insomuch that he will bite the hand that feeds him , and endeavour to ridicule both friends and foes indifferently . For having but small talents , he must be merry where he can ...
الصفحة 50
... pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity , and yet , as if nature had not sown evils enough in life , we are continually adding grief to grief , and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another ...
... pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity , and yet , as if nature had not sown evils enough in life , we are continually adding grief to grief , and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one another ...
الصفحة 55
... pain in general , and how constantly they succeed one another . To this he added , that if a man of a good genius for a fable were to represent the nature of plea- sure and pain in that way of writing , he would probably join them ...
... pain in general , and how constantly they succeed one another . To this he added , that if a man of a good genius for a fable were to represent the nature of plea- sure and pain in that way of writing , he would probably join them ...
الصفحة 56
... Pain , who was the son of Misery , who was the child of Vice , who was the offspring of the Furies . The habitation of this race of beings was in hell . " The middle station of nature between these two oppo- site extremes was the earth ...
... Pain , who was the son of Misery , who was the child of Vice , who was the offspring of the Furies . The habitation of this race of beings was in hell . " The middle station of nature between these two oppo- site extremes was the earth ...
الصفحة 57
... Pain were no sooner met in their new habitation , but they immediately agreed upon this point , that Pleasure should take possession of the virtuous , and Pain of the vicious part of that species which was given up to them . But upon ...
... Pain were no sooner met in their new habitation , but they immediately agreed upon this point , that Pleasure should take possession of the virtuous , and Pain of the vicious part of that species which was given up to them . But upon ...
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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.