Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318 من الصفحات |
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... says he , are spent either in doing nothing at all , or in doing nothing to the purpose , or in doing nothing that we ought to do . We are always complaining our days are few , and acting as though there would be no end of them . That ...
... says he , are spent either in doing nothing at all , or in doing nothing to the purpose , or in doing nothing that we ought to do . We are always complaining our days are few , and acting as though there would be no end of them . That ...
الصفحة 12
... say for itself I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and divid- ing a pack of cards , with no other conversation but what is made up of ...
... say for itself I shall not determine ; but I think it is very wonderful to see persons of the best sense passing away a dozen hours together in shuffling and divid- ing a pack of cards , with no other conversation but what is made up of ...
الصفحة 15
... says the Alcoran , was transacted in so small a space of time , that Mohammed at his return found his bed still warm , and took up an earthen pitcher , which was thrown down at the very instant that the angel Gabriel carried him away ...
... says the Alcoran , was transacted in so small a space of time , that Mohammed at his return found his bed still warm , and took up an earthen pitcher , which was thrown down at the very instant that the angel Gabriel carried him away ...
الصفحة 23
... says that merry knight , " take a pride to gird at me . The brain of man is not able to invent anything that tends to laughter more than I invent , or is invented on me . I am not only witty in myself , but the cause that wit is in ...
... says that merry knight , " take a pride to gird at me . The brain of man is not able to invent anything that tends to laughter more than I invent , or is invented on me . I am not only witty in myself , but the cause that wit is in ...
الصفحة 25
... says that he does not believe any , the most comic genius , can censure him for talking upon such a subject at such a time . This passage , I think , evi- dently glances upon Aristophanes , who wrote a comedy on purpose to ridicule the ...
... says that he does not believe any , the most comic genius , can censure him for talking upon such a subject at such a time . This passage , I think , evi- dently glances upon Aristophanes , who wrote a comedy on purpose to ridicule the ...
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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.