Prose Quotations from Socrates to Macaulay: With Indexes ...J.B. Lippincott, 1905 - 764 oldal |
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16. oldal
... kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous ; and that power Ad dison possessed in boundless measure . How grossly that power was abused by Swift and by Voltaire is well known . But of Addison it may be ...
... kind of power is more formidable than the power of making men ridiculous ; and that power Ad dison possessed in boundless measure . How grossly that power was abused by Swift and by Voltaire is well known . But of Addison it may be ...
23. oldal
... kind of affliction . AGE . WHATELY . The instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious . Abstinence in extremity will prove a mortal disease ; but the experiments of it are very rare . ARBUTHNOT : On Aliments . A recovery in ...
... kind of affliction . AGE . WHATELY . The instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious . Abstinence in extremity will prove a mortal disease ; but the experiments of it are very rare . ARBUTHNOT : On Aliments . A recovery in ...
24. oldal
... kind . It is from this notion that an author writes on , though he is come to dotage ; with- out ever considering that his memory is im- paired , and that he hath lost that life , and those spirits , which formerly raised his fancy and ...
... kind . It is from this notion that an author writes on , though he is come to dotage ; with- out ever considering that his memory is im- paired , and that he hath lost that life , and those spirits , which formerly raised his fancy and ...
28. oldal
... kind of it which is far from uncommon ; namely , when a man of superior intelligence , without falling into any- thing like dotage , sinks into an ordinary man . Whenever there is a mixture of genius with imbecility , every one ...
... kind of it which is far from uncommon ; namely , when a man of superior intelligence , without falling into any- thing like dotage , sinks into an ordinary man . Whenever there is a mixture of genius with imbecility , every one ...
30. oldal
... kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of man- kind endeavour to procure in the little circle of their friends and acquaintance . The poorest mechanic , nay , the man who lives upon com- mon alms ...
... kind of grandeur and respect which the meanest and most insignificant part of man- kind endeavour to procure in the little circle of their friends and acquaintance . The poorest mechanic , nay , the man who lives upon com- mon alms ...
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actions ADDISON admiration affections Aristotle atheist ATTERBURY beauty BEN JONSON better BURKE called cause character Christian Cicero COLTON conscience consider conversation death delight desire divine DRYDEN duty East India Bill Essay eternal evil eyes feel genius give greatest happiness hath heart heaven honour HOOKER Household Words human humour imagination JEREMY COLLIER JEREMY TAYLOR John Dryden JOHNSON judge judgment justice kind knowledge labour Lacon language learning liberty live LOCKE look LORD BACON LORD CHESTERFIELD LORD MACAULAY man's mankind manner means ment Milton mind misery moral nature ness never object opinion ourselves passion perfection person Plato pleasure poet principles Rambler reason religion ROBERT HALL sense society soul SOUTH Spectator spirit SWIFT Tatler temper things thought TILLOTSON tion true truth virtue WASHINGTON IRVING WATTS WHATELY whole wisdom wise writers