Selections from Addison and Goldsmith: For Use in Schools & ClassesGinn & Company, 1892 - 69 sider |
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... method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind . It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians , were there not such frequent returns of a stated time in ...
... method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind . It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians , were there not such frequent returns of a stated time in ...
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... methods which might be made use of for the acquiring of this virtue , I shall only mention the two fol- lowing . First of all , a man should always consider how much he has more than he wants ; and then , secondly , how much more ...
... methods which might be made use of for the acquiring of this virtue , I shall only mention the two fol- lowing . First of all , a man should always consider how much he has more than he wants ; and then , secondly , how much more ...
Side 52
... method of an orator is not to attempt always to move , always to affect , to be continually sublime , but at proper inter- vals to give rest both to his own and the passions of his audi- ence . In these periods of relaxation , or of ...
... method of an orator is not to attempt always to move , always to affect , to be continually sublime , but at proper inter- vals to give rest both to his own and the passions of his audi- ence . In these periods of relaxation , or of ...
Side 54
... method of disposing of our superfluities , but they become vicious when they obstruct or exhaust our abilities from a more virtuous disposition of our circumstances . True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed ...
... method of disposing of our superfluities , but they become vicious when they obstruct or exhaust our abilities from a more virtuous disposition of our circumstances . True generosity is a duty as indispensably necessary as those imposed ...
Side 58
... methods to procure refined enjoyment . The distinctions of polite nations are few ; but such as are peculiar to the Chinese appear in every page of the following correspondence . The metaphors and allusions are all drawn from the East ...
... methods to procure refined enjoyment . The distinctions of polite nations are few ; but such as are peculiar to the Chinese appear in every page of the following correspondence . The metaphors and allusions are all drawn from the East ...
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Side 25 - Mirza, habitations worth contending for ? Does life appear miserable, that gives thee opportunities of earning such a reward ? Is death to be feared, that will convey thee to so happy an existence ? Think not man was made in vain, who has such an Eternity reserved for him.
Side 22 - 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 7 - Sunday clears away the rust of the whole week, not only as it refreshes in their minds the notions of religion, but as it puts both the sexes upon appearing in their most agreeable forms, and exerting all such qualities as are apt to give them a figure in the eye of the village. A...
Side 25 - The genius making me no answer, I turned about to address myself to him a second time, but I found that he had left me; I then turned again to the vision which I had been so long contemplating, but instead of the rolling tide, the arched bridge, and the happy islands, I saw nothing but the long hollow valley of Bagdat, with oxen, sheep, and camels grazing upon the sides of it.