Harrison's British Classicks, المجلد 1Harrison and Company, 1785 |
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الصفحة 7
... because it is not fufficiently con- fidered , that men more frequently re- quire to be reminded than informed . The learned are afraid to declare their opinion early , left they should put their reputation in hazard ; the ignorant al ...
... because it is not fufficiently con- fidered , that men more frequently re- quire to be reminded than informed . The learned are afraid to declare their opinion early , left they should put their reputation in hazard ; the ignorant al ...
الصفحة 11
... because they do not hinder our pleafure , or perhaps regard them with fome kindness for being united with fo much merit . There have been men , indeed , fplen- didly wicked , whofe endowments threw a brightness on their crimes , and ...
... because they do not hinder our pleafure , or perhaps regard them with fome kindness for being united with fo much merit . There have been men , indeed , fplen- didly wicked , whofe endowments threw a brightness on their crimes , and ...
الصفحة 13
... because they want fubjects for reflection , and to whom the volume of nature is thrown open without affording them pleafure or in- ftruction , because they never learned to read the characters . A French author has advanced this ferming ...
... because they want fubjects for reflection , and to whom the volume of nature is thrown open without affording them pleafure or in- ftruction , because they never learned to read the characters . A French author has advanced this ferming ...
الصفحة 27
... because he was fure to recompenfe them for any indignities which he made them fuffer . This is the round of a paffionate man's life ; he con- tracts debts when he is furious , which his virtue , if he has virtue , obliges him to ...
... because he was fure to recompenfe them for any indignities which he made them fuffer . This is the round of a paffionate man's life ; he con- tracts debts when he is furious , which his virtue , if he has virtue , obliges him to ...
الصفحة 53
... because we read with pleasure that which flatters our opinion of our own powers ; what was compofed with great ftruggles of the mind we do not cafily reject , because we cannot bear that fo much labour fhould be fruitlefs . But the ...
... because we read with pleasure that which flatters our opinion of our own powers ; what was compofed with great ftruggles of the mind we do not cafily reject , because we cannot bear that fo much labour fhould be fruitlefs . But the ...
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الصفحة 317 - Be of good courage, I begin to feel Some rousing motions in me which dispose To something extraordinary my thoughts. I with this messenger will go along, Nothing to do, be sure, that may dishonour Our law, or stain my vow of Nazarite.
الصفحة 317 - With horrible convulsion to and fro He tugg'd, he shook, till down they came and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains...
الصفحة 415 - Nothing which reason condemns can be suitable to the dignity of the human mind. To be driven by external motives from the path which our own heart approves, to give way to...
الصفحة 450 - It is the great privilege of poverty to be happy unenvied, to be healthful without physic, and secure without a guard ; to obtain from the bounty of nature what the great and wealthy are compelled to procure by the help of artists and attendants, of flatterers and spies.
الصفحة 159 - Piety is the only proper and adequate relief of decaying man. He that grows old without religious hopes, as he declines into imbecility, and feels pains and sorrows...
الصفحة 20 - Evil into the mind of God or man May come and go, so unapproved, and leave No spot or blame behind...
الصفحة 318 - I not been thus exiled from light, As in the land of darkness, yet in light, To live a life half dead, a living death, And buried; but, O yet more miserable!
الصفحة 355 - Is it not certain that the tragic and comic affections have been moved alternately, with equal force, and that no plays have oftener filled the eye with tears, and the breast with palpitation, than those which are variegated with interludes of mirth ? I do not however think it safe to judge of works of genius, merely by the event.
الصفحة 463 - I shall never envy the honours which wit and learning obtain in any other cause, if I can be numbered among the writers who have given ardour to virtue, and confidence to truth.
الصفحة 233 - As I was looking upon the various fate of the multitude about me, I was suddenly alarmed with an admonition from, some unknown power, " Gaze not idly upon others when thou thyself art sinking.