SolitudeD. Huntington, C.S. Van Winkle, Printer, 1813 - 392 Seiten |
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... knowledge half so tempting or so fair , As man to man . " But it is not amidst tumultuous joys and noisy plea sures ; in the chimeras of ambition , or the illusions of self - love ; in the indulgence of feeling , or the gratifical tion ...
... knowledge half so tempting or so fair , As man to man . " But it is not amidst tumultuous joys and noisy plea sures ; in the chimeras of ambition , or the illusions of self - love ; in the indulgence of feeling , or the gratifical tion ...
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... knowledge of the Eng- lish language , and became so great a proficient in the polite and elegant literature of this country , that the British Poets , particularly Shakspeare , Pope , and Thomson , were as familar to him as his ...
... knowledge of the Eng- lish language , and became so great a proficient in the polite and elegant literature of this country , that the British Poets , particularly Shakspeare , Pope , and Thomson , were as familar to him as his ...
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... knowledge ; where do the arts and sciences shine with greater splendour , or with more useful effect ? But do not deceive yourselves by a belief that you will ac- quire the character of an Englishman by wearing a cropped head of hair ...
... knowledge ; where do the arts and sciences shine with greater splendour , or with more useful effect ? But do not deceive yourselves by a belief that you will ac- quire the character of an Englishman by wearing a cropped head of hair ...
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... knowledge of him- self : a knowledge which can only be acequired by oc- casional retirement . May the perusal of the following pages increase your inclination for a wise and active Solitude , justify your aversion from worldly pleasures ...
... knowledge of him- self : a knowledge which can only be acequired by oc- casional retirement . May the perusal of the following pages increase your inclination for a wise and active Solitude , justify your aversion from worldly pleasures ...
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... knowledge of him- self : a knowledge which can only be accquired by oc- casional retirement . May the perusal of the following pages increase your inclination for a wise and active Solitude , justify your aversion from worldly pleasures ...
... knowledge of him- self : a knowledge which can only be accquired by oc- casional retirement . May the perusal of the following pages increase your inclination for a wise and active Solitude , justify your aversion from worldly pleasures ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Abelard acquired affection affords amidst anxiety Argenteuil Avignon beauties bosom calm canton of Berne capable celebrated character charms choly Cicero contemplation continually dæmon dangerous death delight Demosthenes Dioclesian Dionysius the younger disposition dreadful duties endeavour enjoy enjoyment entertained envy exclaimed eyes faculties fame fancy feel felicity follies fond frequently friends genius habit Hanover happiness heart highest human idea idle imagination inclination indolence indulge inspires intercourse joys leisure live mankind manners melan melancholy ment merit mind misanthropy miserable nature never noble object observation painful passion peace Petrarch philosopher pleasures Plutarch possessed powers prince produce pursuits racter rapture rational reason refined religion render repose retirement retreat rienced rural scenes sense sensibility sentiments shades sighs silent society solitary Solitude sorrow soul species spirit sublime suffered surrounded taste temper thing thought tion tivate tranquillity truth tude tumultuous university of Gottingen unsub Vaucluse vices virtue virtuous youth Zurich
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 69 - How various his employments, whom the world Calls idle ; and who justly, in return, Esteems that busy world an idler too ! Friends, books, a garden, and perhaps his pen, Delightful industry...
Seite 77 - O friendly to the best pursuits of man, Friendly to thought, to virtue, and to peace, Domestic life in rural leisure passed...
Seite 37 - T' arrest the fleeting images that fill The mirror of the mind, and hold them fast, And force them sit till he has pencil'd off A faithful likeness of the forms he views ; Then to dispose his copies with such art, That each may find its most propitious light...
Seite 147 - Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having there his home.
Seite 82 - Happy the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air, In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Seite 27 - And own stale nonsense which they ne'er invent. Some judge of authors' names, not works, and then Nor praise nor blame the writings, but the men. Of all this servile herd the worst is he That in proud dulness joins with Quality.
Seite 233 - Fresh pleasure only: for the attentive mind By this harmonious action on her powers Becomes herself harmonious: wont so oft In outward things to meditate the charm Of sacred order, soon she seeks at home To find a kindred order, to exert Within herself this elegance of love, This fair inspir'd delight: her temper'd powers Refine at length, and every passion wears A chaster, milder, more attractive mien.
Seite 143 - The world's a stately bark, on dangerous seas With pleasure seen, but boarded at our peril : Here on a single plank, thrown safe ashore, I hear the tumult of the distant throng, As that of seas remote, or dying storms, And meditate on scenes more silent still, Pursue my theme, and fight the fear of death. Here, like a shepherd gazing from his hut, Touching his reed, or leaning on his staff...
Seite 178 - Mr. Millar told me, that in a twelvemonth he sold only forty-five copies of it.
Seite 147 - He is the happy man, whose life e'en now Shows somewhat of that happier life to come ; Who, doom'd to an obscure but tranquil state, Is pleased with it, and, were he free to choose, Would make his fate his choice; whom peace, the fruit Of virtue, and whom virtue, fruit of faith, Prepare for happiness ; bespeak him one Content indeed to sojourn while he must Below the skies, but having...