Crowned Masterpieces of Literature that Have Advanced Civilization: As Preserved and Presented by the World's Best Essays, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volume 9Ferd. P. Kaiser, 1902 - English literature |
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... feeling which on many occasions elevates us above ourselves , often sinks us again below our level by the frequent revolutions of which it renders us the sport . The empire over ourselves is the finest of empires , that of which the ...
... feeling which on many occasions elevates us above ourselves , often sinks us again below our level by the frequent revolutions of which it renders us the sport . The empire over ourselves is the finest of empires , that of which the ...
Page 3270
... feelings alone to inspire us with them . Reflection sometimes damps the ardor of our efforts , as repose cools courage ... Feeling fills the soul ; every enjoyment absorbs profound re- flections ; he , whose mind discusses matters coolly ...
... feelings alone to inspire us with them . Reflection sometimes damps the ardor of our efforts , as repose cools courage ... Feeling fills the soul ; every enjoyment absorbs profound re- flections ; he , whose mind discusses matters coolly ...
Page 3271
... feeling all the charm of doing good . Complete . I ' BORROWED IDEAS T IS useful to borrow the ideas of others ; but the habit of con- sulting them , makes the mind contract a sort of sloth and dullness , which renders it incapable of ...
... feeling all the charm of doing good . Complete . I ' BORROWED IDEAS T IS useful to borrow the ideas of others ; but the habit of con- sulting them , makes the mind contract a sort of sloth and dullness , which renders it incapable of ...
Page 3272
... feelings ; the passions mislead us to such a degree , that , blushing , after their crisis is over , at the blindness into which they have plunged us , we almost always regret our having com- municated the opinions with which they ...
... feelings ; the passions mislead us to such a degree , that , blushing , after their crisis is over , at the blindness into which they have plunged us , we almost always regret our having com- municated the opinions with which they ...
Page 3273
... feelings become refined and fortified , that the moral man acquires a consistency , and assumes those qualities which ... feeling souls withdraw from the crowd . I am tired of those amphibious beings whom we cannot de- fine , who do not ...
... feelings become refined and fortified , that the moral man acquires a consistency , and assumes those qualities which ... feeling souls withdraw from the crowd . I am tired of those amphibious beings whom we cannot de- fine , who do not ...
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Page 3432 - MAN, that is born of a woman, hath but a short time to live, and is full of misery. He cometh up, and is cut down like a flower; he fleeth as it were a shadow, and never continueth in one stay.
Page 3490 - OLD King Cole was a merry old soul, And a merry old soul was he; He called for his pipe, and he called for his bowl, And he called for his fiddlers three.
Page 3288 - Who saw the narrow sunbeam that came out of the south and smote upon their summits until they melted and mouldered away in a dust of blue rain? Who saw the dance of the dead clouds when the sunlight left them last night, and the west wind blew them before it like withered leaves?
Page 3437 - 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.
Page 3288 - Who saw the dance of the dead clouds where the sunlight left them last night, and the west wind blew them before it like withered leaves? All has passed unregretted as unseen; or if the apathy be ever shaken off even for an instant, it is only by what is gross, or what is extraordinary. And yet it is not in the broad and fierce manifestations of the elemental energies, nor in the clash of the hail, nor the drift of the whirlwind, that the highest characters of the sublime are developed. God is not...
Page 3547 - like a distressed prince who calls in a powerful neighbour to his aid. I was undone by my auxiliary. When I had once called him in, I could not subsist without dependence on him.
Page 3451 - How many merchants and carriers, besides, must have been employed in transporting the materials from some of those workmen to others who often live in a very distant part of the country ? How much commerce and navigation in particular, how many ship-builders, sailors, sail-makers, rope-makers, must have been employed in order to bring together the different drugs made use of by the dyer, which often come from the remotest corners of the world...
Page 3287 - IT 1s a strange thing how little in general people know about the sky. It is the part of creation in which nature has done more for the sake of pleasing man — more for the sole and evident purpose of talking to him, and teaching him — than in any other of her works; and it is just the part in which we least attend to her.
Page 3388 - So soon as that spare Cassius. He reads much ; He is a great observer and he looks Quite through the deeds of men ; he loves no plays, As thou dost, Antony ; he hears no music ; Seldom he smiles, and smiles in such a sort As if he mock'd himself and scorn'd his spirit That could be moved to smile at any thing.
Page 3396 - It is not that I adulate the people: Without me, there are demagogues enough, And infidels, to pull down every steeple, And set up in their stead some proper stuff. Whether they may sow scepticism to reap hell, As is the Christian dogma rather rough, I do not know; — I wish men to be free As much from mobs as kings— from you as me.