Wisdom, Wit, and Allegory. Selected from "The Spectator"W.P. Nimmo, 1864 - 318 sider |
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Side 9
... consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former . Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general , we are wishing every period of it at an end PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF TIME,
... consider mankind as wholly inconsistent with itself in a point that bears some affinity to the former . Though we seem grieved at the shortness of life in general , we are wishing every period of it at an end PROPER EMPLOYMENT OF TIME,
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... seems to have no distance . " To which the author adds , " And so I doubt not but it would be to a waking man if it were possible for him to keep only one idea in his mind , without variation , and the succession of others and we see ...
... seems to have no distance . " To which the author adds , " And so I doubt not but it would be to a waking man if it were possible for him to keep only one idea in his mind , without variation , and the succession of others and we see ...
Side 20
... seem to love so well , " that they could eat them , " according to the old proverb - I mean those circum- foraneous wits whom every nation calls by the name of that dish of meat which it loves best in Holland they are termed Pickled ...
... seem to love so well , " that they could eat them , " according to the old proverb - I mean those circum- foraneous wits whom every nation calls by the name of that dish of meat which it loves best in Holland they are termed Pickled ...
Side 38
... seem to lie in their way , and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them . The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect , told me I had dwelt long enough upon it . " Take thine eyes off the ...
... seem to lie in their way , and which they might have escaped had they not been thus forced upon them . The genius seeing me indulge myself on this melancholy prospect , told me I had dwelt long enough upon it . " Take thine eyes off the ...
Side 46
... seem to have no share in it , or mankind will be ill natured enough to think he does not change sides out of principle , but either out of levity of temper , or prospects of interest . Converts and renegadoes of all kinds should take ...
... seem to have no share in it , or mankind will be ill natured enough to think he does not change sides out of principle , but either out of levity of temper , or prospects of interest . Converts and renegadoes of all kinds should take ...
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Side 201 - HOW are thy servants blest, O Lord, How sure is their defence ! Eternal wisdom is their guide, Their help, omnipotence.
Side 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.
Side 66 - When all thy mercies, O my God, My rising soul surveys; Transported with the view, I'm lost In wonder, love, and praise.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 210 - Euphrosyne, And by men, heart-easing Mirth, Whom lovely Venus at a birth With two sister Graces more To ivy-crowned Bacchus bore...
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 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.
Side 67 - Ten thousand, thousand precious gifts My daily thanks employ ; Nor is the least a cheerful heart, That tastes those gifts with joy.