Friends for the fireside: recollections [&c.].1860 |
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... action are not known , but because they are not remembered ; and he may there- fore be justly numbered among the benefactors of man- kind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences , that may easily be impressed on the ...
... action are not known , but because they are not remembered ; and he may there- fore be justly numbered among the benefactors of man- kind who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences , that may easily be impressed on the ...
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... actions we re- quire courage to confess , but those which are ridiculous and foolish . Croesus placed the chief good in riches . Periander of Corinth , in honour ; Socrates , in knowledge ; Plato , in idea ; Orpheus , in beauty ; Milo ...
... actions we re- quire courage to confess , but those which are ridiculous and foolish . Croesus placed the chief good in riches . Periander of Corinth , in honour ; Socrates , in knowledge ; Plato , in idea ; Orpheus , in beauty ; Milo ...
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... actions , they will learn how to injure your enterprises . It is very easy to shoot the bird that flies in a direct line , but not so easy the one whose flight is an irregular one - neither should the same trick be always resorted to ...
... actions , they will learn how to injure your enterprises . It is very easy to shoot the bird that flies in a direct line , but not so easy the one whose flight is an irregular one - neither should the same trick be always resorted to ...
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... actions . Our thoughts may be bad , yet produce no poison . They may be good , yet pro- duce no fruit . Our riches may be taken from us by misfortune ; our reputation , by malice ; our spirits , by calamity ; our health , by disease ...
... actions . Our thoughts may be bad , yet produce no poison . They may be good , yet pro- duce no fruit . Our riches may be taken from us by misfortune ; our reputation , by malice ; our spirits , by calamity ; our health , by disease ...
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... actions , like the Rhone , have two sources ; the one pure , the other impure . Let every man in the first address to his actions , consider whether , if he were now to die , he might safely and prudently do such an act ; and whether he ...
... actions , like the Rhone , have two sources ; the one pure , the other impure . Let every man in the first address to his actions , consider whether , if he were now to die , he might safely and prudently do such an act ; and whether he ...
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Страница 294 - I do not like thee, Doctor Fell; The reason why I cannot tell; But this I know and know full well. I do not like thee. Doctor Fell!
Страница 253 - If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it. It is not the business of virtue to extirpate the affections of the mind, but to regulate them.
Страница 206 - ... and such pleasures only imparted as others are qualified to enjoy. By this descent from the pinnacles of art no honour will be lost; for the condescensions of learning are always overpaid by gratitude. An elevated genius employed in little things appears, to use the simile of Longinus, like the sun in his evening declination ; he remits his splendour but retains his magnitude, and pleases more though he dazzles less.
Страница 3 - It is good in discourse, and speech of conversation, to vary, and intermingle speech of the present occasion with arguments, tales with reasons, asking of questions with telling of opinions, and jest with earnest ; for it is a dull thing to tire, and, as we say now, to jade any thing too far.
Страница 110 - I had in my pocket a handful of copper money, three or four silver dollars, and five pistoles in gold; as he proceeded I began to soften, and concluded to give the copper.
Страница 149 - He is known by his knock. Your heart telleth you " That is Mr. ." A rap, between familiarity and respect ; that demands, and, at the same time, seems to despair of, entertainment. He entereth smiling, and — embarrassed. He holdeth out his hand to you to shake, and — draweth it back again. He casually looketh in about dinner time — when the table is full.
Страница 120 - Leave to enjoy myself. That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers...
Страница 150 - He is of opinion that the urn is the more elegant shape; but, after all, there was something more comfortable about the old tea-kettle, which you must remember. He dare say you must find a great convenience in having a carriage of your own, and appealeth to your lady if it is not so. Inquireth if you have had your arms done on vellum yet; and did not know, till lately, that such-and-such had been the crest of the family.
Страница 308 - Why should we faint and fear to live alone, Since all alone, so Heaven has willed, we die,* Nor even the tenderest heart, and next our own, Knows half the reasons why we smile and sigh?