Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318 sider |
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Side 15
... produced by our reflecting on the succession of ideas in our mind , and this succession may be infinitely accelerated or retarded , it will follow , that different beings may have different notions of the same parts of dura- tion ...
... produced by our reflecting on the succession of ideas in our mind , and this succession may be infinitely accelerated or retarded , it will follow , that different beings may have different notions of the same parts of dura- tion ...
Side 18
... produce nothing either profitable or ornamental ; the other beholds a beautiful and spacious landscape divided into delightful gardens , green meadows , fruitful fields , and can scarce cast his eye on a single spot of his possessions ...
... produce nothing either profitable or ornamental ; the other beholds a beautiful and spacious landscape divided into delightful gardens , green meadows , fruitful fields , and can scarce cast his eye on a single spot of his possessions ...
Side 24
... from these arrows that fly in the dark ; and I know no other excuse that is or can be made for them , than that the rounds they give are only imaginary , and produce no- thing more than a secret shame or sorrow in the THE DANGER OF SATIRE,
... from these arrows that fly in the dark ; and I know no other excuse that is or can be made for them , than that the rounds they give are only imaginary , and produce no- thing more than a secret shame or sorrow in the THE DANGER OF SATIRE,
Side 41
... produced works that were the delight of their own times , and the won- der of posterity . There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in these great natural geniuses , that is infinitely more beautiful than all turn and polishing ...
... produced works that were the delight of their own times , and the won- der of posterity . There appears something nobly wild and extravagant in these great natural geniuses , that is infinitely more beautiful than all turn and polishing ...
Side 44
... produces a whole wilderness of noble plants rising in a thousand beautiful landscapes , without any certain order or regularity . In the other it is the same rich soil under the same happy climate , that has been laid out in walks and ...
... produces a whole wilderness of noble plants rising in a thousand beautiful landscapes , without any certain order or regularity . In the other it is the same rich soil under the same happy climate , that has been laid out in walks and ...
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Side 211 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
Side 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.
Side 76 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 220 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 77 - Ten thousand, thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.