Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and ArgumentsMiller, Orton & Mulligan, 1856 - 321 страници |
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A Book of Thoughts and Arguments. sentiment must force itself on the mind by a single effort ; the language must be ... minds , and faithfully retained . * In the parabolic manner , SOLOMON expresses the same senti- ment : The words of ...
A Book of Thoughts and Arguments. sentiment must force itself on the mind by a single effort ; the language must be ... minds , and faithfully retained . * In the parabolic manner , SOLOMON expresses the same senti- ment : The words of ...
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... mind . A proverb will often cut the knot which others in vain are attempting to untie . JOHN- SON , palled with the redundant elegancies of modern composition , once said : “ I fancy mankind may come in time to write all apho ...
... mind . A proverb will often cut the knot which others in vain are attempting to untie . JOHN- SON , palled with the redundant elegancies of modern composition , once said : “ I fancy mankind may come in time to write all apho ...
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... mind will discover in them a great variety of the most curious knowledge . The manners or temper and character of a ... minds of several nations , which is a brave thing , as we count him wise who knows the minds and insides of men ...
... mind will discover in them a great variety of the most curious knowledge . The manners or temper and character of a ... minds of several nations , which is a brave thing , as we count him wise who knows the minds and insides of men ...
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... mind unto candour , and grudge not as though thou hadst a teacher , Nor scorn angelic Truth for the sake of her evil herald ; Heed not him , but hear his words , and care not whence they come ; The viewless winds might whisper them ...
... mind unto candour , and grudge not as though thou hadst a teacher , Nor scorn angelic Truth for the sake of her evil herald ; Heed not him , but hear his words , and care not whence they come ; The viewless winds might whisper them ...
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... Mind may act upon mind , though bodies be far divided ; For the life is in the blood , but souls communicate unseen : And the heat of an excited intellect , radiating to its fellows , Doth kindle dry leaves afar off , while the green ...
... Mind may act upon mind , though bodies be far divided ; For the life is in the blood , but souls communicate unseen : And the heat of an excited intellect , radiating to its fellows , Doth kindle dry leaves afar off , while the green ...
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Anticyra art thou Athens beauty Behold better blessed band blessing charity child creature dark death deep DEUCALION doth dread earth eternal evil fair faith false fame fancy father fear flowers folly fool glad glory gloweth goeth guilt hand happy hast thou hath heaven heed HIPPODAME history of earth holy honest honour hope humble humility innocence jewelled band king King's remembrancer knoweth knowledge labour light live look loveth man's matter mercy mighty mind mocketh mountain mystery nature never NIREUS perchance PLATO pleasure PLUTARCH Poggibonsi poison praise prayer precious pride proverb Pythagoras reason rich sage scorn secret shalt thou sloth smile sorrow soul spirit standeth strong sweet thee thine things thou art thou canst thou hast thou shalt thought thy heart thyself to-day toil truth unto Vaucluse Verily virtue weak wealth Wherefore wisdom wise words youth
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Страница xxxv - How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns.
Страница 115 - A BABE in a house is a well-spring of pleasure, a messenger of peace and love : A resting place for innocence on earth ; a link between angels and men...
Страница 64 - Vast is the mighty ocean, but drops have made it vast. Despise not thou a small thing, either for evil or for good; For a look may work thy ruin, or a word create thy wealth: The walking this way or that, the casual stopping or hastening, Hath saved life and destroyed it, hath cast down and built up fortunes. Commit thy trifles unto God, for to him is nothing trivial; And it is but the littleness of man that seeth no greatness in a trifle.
Страница xvii - I therefore filled all the little spaces that occurred between the remarkable days in the calendar with proverbial sentences, chiefly such as inculcated industry and frugality, as the means of procuring wealth, and thereby securing virtue ; it being more difficult for a man in want to act always honestly, as, to use here one of those proverbs, it is hard for an empty sack to stand upright.
Страница xxvi - Those who will not be ruled by the rudder must be ruled by the rock...
Страница 109 - LOVE : — what a volume in a word, an ocean in a tear, A seventh heaven in a glance, a whirlwind in a sigh, The lightning in a touch, a millennium in a moment...
Страница xxxv - All the enchantment of fancy, and all the cogency of argument, are employed to recommend to the reader his real interest, the care of pleasing the Author of his being.
Страница 115 - Even so mayst thou guide the mind to good, or lead it to the marrings of evil, For disposition is builded up by the fashioning of first impressions : Wherefore, though the voice of Instruction waiteth for the ear of reason, Yet with his mother's milk the young child drinketh Education.
Страница 139 - Now, is the constant syllable ticking from the clock of time, Now, is the watchword of the wise, Now, is on the banner of the prudent. Cherish thy to-day and prize it well, or ever it be...
Страница 258 - And immediately I was in the spirit; and behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne ; and he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone ; and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald.