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... plations of things that do not concern us , nor serve to promote our happiness , are but a more specious and in- genious sort of idleness , a more pardonable and creditable kind of ignorance . Whether we provide for action or 14 STUDY .
... plations of things that do not concern us , nor serve to promote our happiness , are but a more specious and in- genious sort of idleness , a more pardonable and creditable kind of ignorance . Whether we provide for action or 14 STUDY .
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Thomas Tomkins. kind of ignorance . Whether we provide for action or conversation ; whether we wish to be useful or pleasing ; the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong . The next is an acquaintance with ...
Thomas Tomkins. kind of ignorance . Whether we provide for action or conversation ; whether we wish to be useful or pleasing ; the first requisite is the religious and moral knowledge of right and wrong . The next is an acquaintance with ...
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... business , who too generally sink , at every interval of leisure , into a kind of melancholy , and a list- less disgust for every thing about them . PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION . The good effects and great 24 EDUCATION .
... business , who too generally sink , at every interval of leisure , into a kind of melancholy , and a list- less disgust for every thing about them . PUBLIC AND PRIVATE EDUCATION . The good effects and great 24 EDUCATION .
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... kind to industrious exertions ; for , as every mind may be strength- ened by proper application , most young persons are capable of shining in some science or other . That a prominent example should dispirit others seems contrary to ...
... kind to industrious exertions ; for , as every mind may be strength- ened by proper application , most young persons are capable of shining in some science or other . That a prominent example should dispirit others seems contrary to ...
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... kind and good father , to whom , next to heaven , she had ever looked up , steadily perseveres in her duty , she can have no concomitant motive , no external circumstance to ani mate her . Her silent and secret virtue is the pure and un ...
... kind and good father , to whom , next to heaven , she had ever looked up , steadily perseveres in her duty , she can have no concomitant motive , no external circumstance to ani mate her . Her silent and secret virtue is the pure and un ...
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Стр. 54 - To hear the lark begin his flight, And, singing, startle the dull night, From his watch-tower in the skies, Till the dappled dawn doth rise...
Стр. 57 - And ever, against eating cares, Lap me in soft Lydian airs, Married to immortal verse, Such as the meeting soul may pierce, In notes with many a winding bout Of linked sweetness long drawn out With wanton heed and giddy cunning, The melting voice through mazes running, Untwisting all the chains that tie The hidden soul of harmony; That Orpheus...
Стр. 99 - Air, and ye elements, the eldest birth Of Nature's womb, that in quaternion run Perpetual circle multiform, and mix And nourish all things, let your ceaseless change Vary to our great Maker still new praise.
Стр. 56 - Rain influence, and judge the prize Of wit or arms, while both contend To win her grace, whom all commend. There let Hymen oft appear In saffron robe, with taper clear, And pomp, and feast, and revelry, With mask, and antique pageantry; Such sights as youthful poets dream On summer eves by haunted stream...
Стр. 53 - HENCE, loathed Melancholy, Of Cerberus and blackest Midnight born In Stygian cave forlorn 'Mongst horrid shapes, and shrieks, and sights unholy! Find out some uncouth cell, Where brooding Darkness spreads his jealous wings, And the night-raven sings; There, under ebon shades and low-browed rocks, As ragged as thy locks, In dark Cimmerian desert ever dwell.
Стр. 56 - When in one night, ere glimpse of morn, His shadowy flail hath threshed the corn That ten day-labourers could not end, Then lies him down, the lubber fiend, And, stretched out all the chimney's length, Basks at the fire his hairy strength; And crop-full out of doors he flings, Ere the first cock his matin rings.
Стр. 246 - Ah! little think the gay licentious proud, Whom pleasure, power, and affluence surround— They who their thoughtless hours in giddy mirth, And wanton, often cruel, riot waste—• Ah! little think they, while they dance along, How many feel, this very moment, death And all the sad variety of pain...
Стр. 233 - With charm of earliest Birds ; pleasant the Sun When first on this delightful Land he spreads His orient Beams, on herb, tree, fruit, and flower...
Стр. 195 - Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude ; Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
Стр. 128 - He that has light within his own clear breast, May sit i' the centre and enjoy bright day : But he that hides a dark soul and foul thoughts, Benighted walks under the mid-day sun ; Himself is his own dungeon.