The British essayists, with prefaces by A. Chalmers, Volumes 17-18 |
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... perhaps his wishes lie unactive , because he foresees the difficulty of attainment . As among the numerous students of Hermetic philosophy , not one appears to have desisted from the task of trans- mutation , from conviction of its ...
... perhaps his wishes lie unactive , because he foresees the difficulty of attainment . As among the numerous students of Hermetic philosophy , not one appears to have desisted from the task of trans- mutation , from conviction of its ...
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... perhaps from nature , the power as well of ag- gravating the calamity which we fear , as of heighten- ing the blessing we expect , yet in those meditations which we indulge by choice , and which are not forced upon the mind by necessity ...
... perhaps from nature , the power as well of ag- gravating the calamity which we fear , as of heighten- ing the blessing we expect , yet in those meditations which we indulge by choice , and which are not forced upon the mind by necessity ...
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... perhaps , be found , in whom emulation has not been able to overpower ge- nerosity , who are distinguished from lower beings by nobler motives than the love of fame , and can pre- serve the sacred flame of friendship from the gusts of ...
... perhaps , be found , in whom emulation has not been able to overpower ge- nerosity , who are distinguished from lower beings by nobler motives than the love of fame , and can pre- serve the sacred flame of friendship from the gusts of ...
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... perhaps , the fruitless repetition of com- plaints and censures may be justly numbered among the subjects of censure and complaint . Some of these instructors of mankind have not contented themselves 28 NO . 66 RAMBLER .
... perhaps , the fruitless repetition of com- plaints and censures may be justly numbered among the subjects of censure and complaint . Some of these instructors of mankind have not contented themselves 28 NO . 66 RAMBLER .
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... perhaps , below the dignity of the great masters of moral learning , to descend to familiar life , and caution mankind against that petty ambition which is known among us by the name of vanity ; which yet had been an undertaking not ...
... perhaps , below the dignity of the great masters of moral learning , to descend to familiar life , and caution mankind against that petty ambition which is known among us by the name of vanity ; which yet had been an undertaking not ...
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Page 167 - The sound must seem an echo to the sense. Soft is the strain when Zephyr gently blows, And the smooth stream in smoother numbers flows ; But when loud surges lash the sounding shore, The hoarse, rough verse should like the torrent roar...
Page 33 - O first created Beam, and thou great Word, " Let there be light, and light was over all...
Page 192 - THE reader is indebted for this day's entertainment to an author from whom the age has received greater favours, who has enlarged the knowledge of human nature, and taught the passions to move at the command of virtue.
Page 252 - Begin, be bold, and venture to be wise : He who defers this work from day to day, Does on a river's bank expecting stay Till the whole stream which stopp'd him should be gone, Which runs, and, as it runs, for ever will run on.
Page 106 - Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, even so do unto them ; for this is the law and the prophets.
Page 145 - To heaven removed where first it grew, there grows, And flowers aloft shading the fount of life, And where the river of bliss through midst of heaven Rolls o'er Elysian flowers her amber stream...
Page 248 - A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain. He that willingly suffers the corrosions of inveterate hatred, and gives up his days and nights to the gloom of malice and perturbations of stratagem, cannot surely be said to consult his ease.
Page 136 - Ordain'd by thee ; and this delicious place For us too large, where thy abundance wants Partakers, and uncropt falls to the ground. But...
Page 145 - Mosaic ; under foot the violet, Crocus, and hyacinth, with rich inlay Broider'd the ground, more colour'd than with stone Of costliest emblem : other creature here, Beast, bird, insect, or worm, durst enter none, Such was their awe of man.
Page 26 - He tugged, he shook, till down they came, and drew The whole roof after them, with burst of thunder Upon the heads of all who sat beneath, Lords, ladies, captains, counsellors...