Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Morality, 6. kötetauthor, 1797 |
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3. oldal
... thou feeft before thee a man whom the hand of profperity has overwhelmed with wretchednefs . Whatever I once defired as the means of happiness , I now poffefs , but I am not yet happy , and therefore I defpair . I regret the lapfe of ...
... thou feeft before thee a man whom the hand of profperity has overwhelmed with wretchednefs . Whatever I once defired as the means of happiness , I now poffefs , but I am not yet happy , and therefore I defpair . I regret the lapfe of ...
5. oldal
... filent . " Almet , " said he , " thou haft devoted thy life to meditation , that thy counfel might deliver ig- norance from the mazes of error , and deter pre- fumption fumption from the precipice of guilt ; but the book ( 5 )
... filent . " Almet , " said he , " thou haft devoted thy life to meditation , that thy counfel might deliver ig- norance from the mazes of error , and deter pre- fumption fumption from the precipice of guilt ; but the book ( 5 )
6. oldal
... thou haft read without under- ftanding . It is again open before thee ; look up , confider it , and be wife . " I looked up and beheld an inclosure , beautiful as the gardens of Paradife , but of a small extent . Through the middle ...
... thou haft read without under- ftanding . It is again open before thee ; look up , confider it , and be wife . " I looked up and beheld an inclosure , beautiful as the gardens of Paradife , but of a small extent . Through the middle ...
8. oldal
... thou haft feen , and let this memo- rial be written upon the tablets of thy heart . Remember , Almet , that the world in which thou art placed , is but the road to another ; and that happiness depends not upon the path , but the end the ...
... thou haft feen , and let this memo- rial be written upon the tablets of thy heart . Remember , Almet , that the world in which thou art placed , is but the road to another ; and that happiness depends not upon the path , but the end the ...
9. oldal
... thou haft feen ; and let my words be writ- ten on the tablet of thy heart , that thou mayeft direct the wanderer to happiness , and juftify GoD to men , " While the voice of Azoran was yet founding in my ear , the prospect vanished from ...
... thou haft feen ; and let my words be writ- ten on the tablet of thy heart , that thou mayeft direct the wanderer to happiness , and juftify GoD to men , " While the voice of Azoran was yet founding in my ear , the prospect vanished from ...
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accompliſhments addreffed affured againſt almoſt ANECDOTE anſwer appeared aſked beauty becauſe behaviour beſt buſineſs cauſe charms Cinq Mars confequence confiderable converfation defigns defire diftrefs diſappointed diſcovered drefs Eumenius eyes faid fame faſhion father fatisfaction fays fcenes feemed feen felves fenfe fenfible fent feveral fhall fhort fhould fide fince firft firſt fituation fome fometimes foon forrow fortune foul fpirits friendſhip ftate ftill fubject fuch fuffered fufficient fuperior fupport fure furprize greateſt happineſs heart herſelf himſelf honour houſe huſband increaſe juft lady laft laſt leaſt lefs Licinius Lord manner marriage meaſure mind miſtreſs moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary obferved occafion ourſelves paffed paffion perfon pleafing pleaſed pleaſure poffeffed prefent purpoſe racter raiſed reafon reflect refolved ſeveral ſhall ſhe ſtate ſtep thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand tion underſtanding uſe vifit virtue whofe whoſe wiſh
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247. oldal - Know, all the good that individuals find, Or God and nature meant to mere mankind, Reason's whole pleasure, all the joys of sense, Lie in three words, health, peace, and competence But health consists with temperance alone ; And peace, oh virtue ! peace is all thy own.
122. oldal - A poet, blest beyond the poet's fate, Whom Heaven kept sacred from the Proud and Great : Foe to loud praise, and friend to learned ease, Content with science in the vale of peace. Calmly he look'd on either life ; and here Saw nothing to regret, or there to fear ; From Nature's temperate feast rose satisfied, Thank'd Heaven that he had liv'd, and that he died.
248. oldal - What makes all physical or moral ill ? There deviates nature, and here wanders will. God sends not ill ; if rightly understood, Or partial ill is universal good, Or change admits, or nature lets it fall, Short, and but rare, till man improv'd it all.
248. oldal - Know then this truth (enough for man to know) 'Virtue alone is happiness below.
117. oldal - ... a cracked bell — a bow unstrung — a crown tumbled in pieces — towers in ruins — the signpost of a tavern, called The World's End...
248. oldal - Good, from each object, from each place acquir'd, For ever exercis'd, yet never tir'd; Never elated while one man's...
40. oldal - And not a cloud o'ercafts the folemn fcene ; Around her throne the vivid planets roll, And ftars unnumber'd gild the glowing pole : O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure...
248. oldal - The only point where human bliss stands still, And tastes the good without the fall to ill ; Where only merit constant pay receives, Is blest in what it takes, and what it gives; The joy unequal'd, if its end it gain, And if it lose, attended with no pain: Without satiety, tho...
260. oldal - Yet we would rather bind you to ourselves by every endearing obligation; and, for this purpose, we offer to you your choice of the gifts and honours that Edward has to bestow.
8. oldal - remember what thou hast seen, and let this memorial be written upon the tablets of thy heart. Remember, Almet, that the world in which thou art placed, is but the road to another; and that happiness depends not upon the path, but the end: the value of this period of thy existence is fixed by hope and fear.