The Hive: Or, A Collection of Thoughts on Civil, Moral, Sentimental and Religious Subjects: Selected from the Writings of Near One Hundred of the Best Authors of Different Nations; But Chiefly from the English Writers. Intended as a Repository of Sententious, Ingenious, and Pertinent Sayings, in Verse and Prose...Lincoln & Gleason, printers, Printed for and sold by Oliver D. Cooke, 1803 - Aphorisms and apothegms - 216 pages |
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... hath tried me , I shall come forth as pure gold . " Let a man live ( says Mr. Steele ) but two or three years without affliction , and he is almost good for nothing , he cannot pray , nor A 2 THE HIVE . AFFLICTIONS. ...
... hath tried me , I shall come forth as pure gold . " Let a man live ( says Mr. Steele ) but two or three years without affliction , and he is almost good for nothing , he cannot pray , nor A 2 THE HIVE . AFFLICTIONS. ...
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... hath a double sting . There is but one way of fortifying the soul against all gloomy presages and terrors of the mind ; and that is by securing to ourselves the friendship and protection of that Being who disposes of events and governs ...
... hath a double sting . There is but one way of fortifying the soul against all gloomy presages and terrors of the mind ; and that is by securing to ourselves the friendship and protection of that Being who disposes of events and governs ...
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... hath set bounds to these , so should we to those ; so far should they go , and no farther . Reason is given us , by him who breathed in us , our immortal part , that in all our ac- tions we should govern ourselves by advice of it . We ...
... hath set bounds to these , so should we to those ; so far should they go , and no farther . Reason is given us , by him who breathed in us , our immortal part , that in all our ac- tions we should govern ourselves by advice of it . We ...
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... hath any charms equal to the in- ward beauty of the mind . A gracefulness in the manners is much more engaging than that of the person ; the former every one has the power to attain to in some measure , the latter is in no one's power ...
... hath any charms equal to the in- ward beauty of the mind . A gracefulness in the manners is much more engaging than that of the person ; the former every one has the power to attain to in some measure , the latter is in no one's power ...
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... hath the greater weight . A man may contemplate on virtue in soli- tude and retirement ; but the practical part consists in its participation , and the society it hath with others ; for whatever is good , is the better for being ...
... hath the greater weight . A man may contemplate on virtue in soli- tude and retirement ; but the practical part consists in its participation , and the society it hath with others ; for whatever is good , is the better for being ...
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Page 62 - Delightful task ! to rear the tender thought, To teach the young idea how to shoot, To pour the fresh instruction o'er the mind, To breathe the enlivening spirit, and to fix The generous purpose in the glowing breast.
Page 118 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 33 - With friendship, peace, and contemplation join'd, How many, rack'd with honest passions, droop In deep retir'd distress. How many stand Around the death-bed of their dearest friends, And point the parting anguish. Thought fond man Of these, and all the thousand nameless ills, That one incessant struggle render life, One scene of toil, of suffering, and of fate...
Page 44 - INQUIRIES after happiness, and rules for attaining it, are not so necessary and useful to mankind as the arts of consolation, and supporting one's self under affliction. The utmost we can hope for in this world is contentment ; if we aim at any thing higher, we shall meet with nothing but grief and disappointment. A man should direct all his studies and endeavours at making himself easy now, and happy hereafter.
Page 200 - Good name in man and woman, dear my lord, Is the immediate jewel of their souls : Who steals my purse, steals trash ; 'tis something, nothing ; 'Twas mine, 'tis his, and has been slave to thousands : But he that filches from me my good name Robs me of that which not enriches him, And makes me poor indeed, Oth.
Page 189 - This my long sufferance and my day of grace They who neglect and scorn shall never taste , But hard be harden'd, blind be blinded more, That they may stumble on, and deeper fall ; And none but such from mercy I exclude.
Page 32 - Ah ! little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death, And all the sad variety of pain. How many sink in the devouring flood, Or more devouring flame. How many bleed, By shameful variance betwixt man and man. How many pine in want, and dungeon glooms ; Shut from the common air, and common use Of their own limbs.
Page 139 - The man that hath no music in himself, Nor is not moved with concord of sweet sounds, Is fit for treasons, stratagems, and spoils ; The motions of his spirit are dull as night, And his affections dark as Erebus. Let no such man be trusted.
Page 33 - E'en in the vale, where Wisdom loves to dwell, With friendship, peace, and contemplation join'd, How many, rack'd with honest passions, droop In deep retir'd distress. How many stand Around the death-bed of their dearest friends, And point the parting anguish. Thought fond Man Of these, and all the thousand nameless ills That one incessant struggle render life One scene of toil, of...
Page 78 - Nor every friend unrotten at the core ; First, on thy friend, deliberate with thyself: Pause, ponder, sift ; not eager in the choice, Nor jealous of the chosen ; fixing, fix : Judge before friendship, then confide till death. Well, for thy friend ; but nobler far for thee : How gallant danger for earth's highest prize ! A friend is worth all hazards we can run. " Poor is the friendless master of a world : " A world in purchase for a friend is gain.