The Monthly Repository & Library of Entertaining Knowledge, Том 1 |
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It is an old proverb , that he who aims at the sun , to be sure , will not reach it , but
his arrow will fly higher ihan if he aimed at an object on a level with himself . Just
so in the formation of character . Set your standard high , and though you may ...
It is an old proverb , that he who aims at the sun , to be sure , will not reach it , but
his arrow will fly higher ihan if he aimed at an object on a level with himself . Just
so in the formation of character . Set your standard high , and though you may ...
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The changeless object lives ; the motionless object moves ; the silent object
speaks . The heart where quenched existence had its grave , is kindled and
renovated ; life gleams through its shroud as the warm sun through its light
vesture of ...
The changeless object lives ; the motionless object moves ; the silent object
speaks . The heart where quenched existence had its grave , is kindled and
renovated ; life gleams through its shroud as the warm sun through its light
vesture of ...
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... to our senses , were certainly designed to prevent our attention from being too
constantly fixed upon one single object . Nature abounds with variety and the
mind , unless chained down by habit , delights in the contemplation of new
objects .
... to our senses , were certainly designed to prevent our attention from being too
constantly fixed upon one single object . Nature abounds with variety and the
mind , unless chained down by habit , delights in the contemplation of new
objects .
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The latter could not be said to have made it the object of his contemplation , for ,
strange to say , he was blind when he took to this pursuit , and only saw through
the eyes of an affectionate wife , who attended on all his labors , and participated
...
The latter could not be said to have made it the object of his contemplation , for ,
strange to say , he was blind when he took to this pursuit , and only saw through
the eyes of an affectionate wife , who attended on all his labors , and participated
...
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The true value of all knowledge consists not so much in the superfices over which
it extends , as in the clear and distinct ideas we imbibe from the ex . amination of
various subjects , and it is the great object of education to acquire a habit of ...
The true value of all knowledge consists not so much in the superfices over which
it extends , as in the clear and distinct ideas we imbibe from the ex . amination of
various subjects , and it is the great object of education to acquire a habit of ...
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Страница 340 - tis, to cast one's eyes so low! The crows and choughs, that wing the midway air, Show scarce so gross as beetles : Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Страница 237 - And the Lord said, I will destroy man, whom I have created, from the face of the earth ; both man and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.
Страница 132 - All the rivers run into the sea; yet the sea is not full; unto the place from whence the rivers come, thither they return again.
Страница 320 - How manifold are thy works, O Lord ! In wisdom hast thou made them all...
Страница 8 - Day unto day uttereth speech: And night unto night showeth knowledge. There is no speech nor language: Where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth: And their words to the end of the world.
Страница 236 - Thou coveredst it with the deep as with a garment: The waters stood above the mountains. At thy rebuke they fled ; At the voice of thy thunder they hasted away.
Страница 72 - Hearken, my beloved brethren, hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
Страница 168 - Who knoweth not in all these That the hand of the Lord hath wrought this? In whose hand is the soul of every living thing, And the breath of all mankind.
Страница 271 - Thou shalt lie down With patriarchs of the infant world, with kings, The powerful of the earth, the wise, the good, Fair forms and hoary seers of ages past — All in one mighty sepulchre.
Страница 271 - Rock-ribbed, and ancient as the sun; the vales Stretching in pensive quietness between; The venerable woods; rivers that move In majesty, and the complaining brooks, That make the meadows green; and, poured round all, Old ocean's gray and melancholy waste,— Are but the solemn decorations all Of the great tomb of man!