Prose Quotations from Socrates to MacaulayJ.B. Lippincott, 1909 - 764 oldal |
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22. oldal
... present scene , to pro- duce confidence and elation , and to make him who enjoys affluence and honours forget the hand by which they were bestowed . It is sel- dom that we are otherwise than by affliction awakened to a sense of our ...
... present scene , to pro- duce confidence and elation , and to make him who enjoys affluence and honours forget the hand by which they were bestowed . It is sel- dom that we are otherwise than by affliction awakened to a sense of our ...
23. oldal
... present , because the virtues of either age may correct the defects of both ; and good for succession , that young men may be learners , while men in age are actors ; and , lastly , good for external accidents , because authority ...
... present , because the virtues of either age may correct the defects of both ; and good for succession , that young men may be learners , while men in age are actors ; and , lastly , good for external accidents , because authority ...
25. oldal
... present state is painful and irksome , must of necessity turn their thoughts back to try what retrospect will afford . It ought , therefore , to be the care of those who wish to pass the last hours with com- fort , to lay up such a ...
... present state is painful and irksome , must of necessity turn their thoughts back to try what retrospect will afford . It ought , therefore , to be the care of those who wish to pass the last hours with com- fort , to lay up such a ...
27. oldal
... present follies , the ambition of many of us is also to be the same sort of fools we formerly have been . I have often argued , as I am a professed lover of women , that our sex grows old with a much worse grace than the other does ...
... present follies , the ambition of many of us is also to be the same sort of fools we formerly have been . I have often argued , as I am a professed lover of women , that our sex grows old with a much worse grace than the other does ...
35. oldal
... present conversation . And it is very remarkable , that notwithstanding we fall short at present of the ancients in po- etry , painting , oratory , history , architecture , and all the noble arts and sciences which depend more upon ...
... present conversation . And it is very remarkable , that notwithstanding we fall short at present of the ancients in po- etry , painting , oratory , history , architecture , and all the noble arts and sciences which depend more upon ...
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