Cato, or, An essay on old-ageJ. Dodsley, 1785 |
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9. oldal
... youth and in the next ; in what respect would age have fitten lefs heavily upon them , had its progress been much flower ; and , instead of making its visit at four- score years , it had not reached them till four hundred ? For the ...
... youth and in the next ; in what respect would age have fitten lefs heavily upon them , had its progress been much flower ; and , instead of making its visit at four- score years , it had not reached them till four hundred ? For the ...
18. oldal
... youth- ful conqueror , was exulting in the fuc- cefs of his arms ; he gave a check to his victories , by a cool and patient perfe- verance in avoiding a general engage- ment " . It is to this part of his judi- cious conduct , that thofe ...
... youth- ful conqueror , was exulting in the fuc- cefs of his arms ; he gave a check to his victories , by a cool and patient perfe- verance in avoiding a general engage- ment " . It is to this part of his judi- cious conduct , that thofe ...
26. oldal
... youth ; I readily admit the charge . But are there no other ; none which are peculiarly appropriated to the evening of life , and which , being executed by the powers of the mind , are perfectly confiftent with a lefs vigorous state of ...
... youth ; I readily admit the charge . But are there no other ; none which are peculiarly appropriated to the evening of life , and which , being executed by the powers of the mind , are perfectly confiftent with a lefs vigorous state of ...
32. oldal
... youth , as prudence is of old - age . But it is farther urged , " that old - age impairs the memory . " This effect , I confefs , it may probably have on those memories which were originally infirm , or whofe native vigour has not been ...
... youth , as prudence is of old - age . But it is farther urged , " that old - age impairs the memory . " This effect , I confefs , it may probably have on those memories which were originally infirm , or whofe native vigour has not been ...
41. oldal
... must be acknowledged , the charge is not altogether without foundation . But for my own part , I no more regret the want of that vigour which I poffeffed I poffeffed in my youth , than I. lament- ed ESSAY ON OLD - AGE . 41.
... must be acknowledged , the charge is not altogether without foundation . But for my own part , I no more regret the want of that vigour which I poffeffed I poffeffed in my youth , than I. lament- ed ESSAY ON OLD - AGE . 41.
Gyakori szavak és kifejezések
againſt agreeably alſo anceſtors antient Archytas Atticus buſineſs Cato Cato's Caton celebrated Cicero cife circumftance confequence confiderable confidered confiftent Cornelius Nepos courſe death defire diſtinguiſhed divine Ennius eſteem exerciſe exiſtence exprefs facred fage faid fame fatisfaction fays fcience feems fenate fenfe fentiments feveral fhall fhould fingular firſt fome fometimes foul friends ftate ftill ftrength fubject fuch fufficient fuppofed fupport furely higheſt himſelf hiſtory honour human illuftrious inftance juſt laſt leaſt lefs leſs Livy Maximus meaſures mind moft moral moſt muſt myſelf nature neceffarily neceffary neral obferved occafion old-age paffage paffed paffions Pelias perfons philofophers Plato pleaſing pleaſures Plut Plutarch poet preſent preſerved principles purpoſe Pythagoras queſtion racter raiſed reaſon repreſented reſpect Roman Rome Samnites ſcene Scipio Scipio Africanus ſeems ſeveral Socrates ſpirit ſtate ſtill Tarentum themſelves theſe thofe thoſe tion treatiſe ufual univerfally uſeful vendat virtues whofe whoſe youth
Népszerű szakaszok
278. oldal - That, changed through all, and yet in all the same; Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent!
279. oldal - Lives through all life, extends through all extent, Spreads undivided, operates unspent ; Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part, As full, as perfect in a hair as heart ; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns, As the rapt seraph that adores and burns. To Him no high, no low, no great, no small ; He fills, He bounds, connects and equals all.
187. oldal - If we consider these ancient sages, a great part of whose philosophy consisted in a temperate and abstemious course of life, one would think the life of a philosopher and the life of a man were of two different dates.
303. oldal - The evils of this life appear like rocks and precipices, rugged and barren at a distance ; but at our nearer approach we find little fruitful spots, and refreshing springs, mixed with the harshness and deformities of nature.
288. oldal - Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth Unseen, both when we wake, and when we sleep : All these with ceaseless praise his works behold Both day and night. How often from the steep Of echoing hill or thicket have we heard Celestial voices to the midnight air, Sole, or responsive each to...
8. oldal - Those, indeed, who have no internal resource of happiness, will find themselves uneasy in every stage of human life : but to him who is accustomed to derive all his felicity from within himself, no state will appear as a real evil, into which he is conducted by the common and regular course of nature. Now this is peculiarly the case with respect to old age...
122. oldal - I AM fully persuaded that one of the best springs of generous and worthy actions, is the having generous and worthy thoughts of ourselves. Whoever has a mean opinion of the dignity of his nature, will act in no higher a rank than he has allotted himself in his own estimation. If...
122. oldal - How can he exalt his thoughts to any thing great and noble, who only believes that, after a short turn on the stage of this world, he is to sink into oblivion, and to lose his consciousness for ever?
33. oldal - ... they have entered into, or with whom they have had any pecuniary transactions. Innumerable instances of a strong memory in advanced years might be produced from among our celebrated lawyers, pontiffs, augurs, and philosophers; for the faculties of the mind will...
195. oldal - The pathetic tones and exulting- sounds which he drew from the instrument, joined to the alternate plaintiveness and boldness of his strains, rendered the prince unable to restrain the softer emotions of his soul. He even suffered him to proceed until, overpowered with harmony, he melted into tears of pity, and relented of his cruel intention. He spared the prisoners who yet remained alive, and gave them instant liberty. THE YORKSHIRE GIPSY.