Interesting Anecdotes, Memoirs, Allegories, Essays, and Poetical Fragments,: Tending to Amuse the Fancy, and Inculcate Moralityauthor., 1797 - 271 страници |
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... reason thus dethrone ; Her blooming graces tho ' with pain , My cautious bofom might sustain . But arm'd with that enchanting mien , Which speaks the feeling mind within ; How can my foften'd breast be free , Thus caught by fenfibility ...
... reason thus dethrone ; Her blooming graces tho ' with pain , My cautious bofom might sustain . But arm'd with that enchanting mien , Which speaks the feeling mind within ; How can my foften'd breast be free , Thus caught by fenfibility ...
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... reason , anfwered Boiffart , is , because I have no other Intention than to procure her happiness . I could wifh that Angelica would re- folve to take the religious vows upon her . Think not , not , added he , that this is with any ( 82 )
... reason , anfwered Boiffart , is , because I have no other Intention than to procure her happiness . I could wifh that Angelica would re- folve to take the religious vows upon her . Think not , not , added he , that this is with any ( 82 )
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... reason in point- ing to him what he had to fear from fuch a reso lution , did not leave him ftrength fufficient to get the better of his paffion . He continued fome days without going to fee Angelica ; he quitted the country for a while ...
... reason in point- ing to him what he had to fear from fuch a reso lution , did not leave him ftrength fufficient to get the better of his paffion . He continued fome days without going to fee Angelica ; he quitted the country for a while ...
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... reason , in the formation of the univerfe , God was obliged , in order to carry on that juft fubordination fo necessary to the very existence of the whole , to create beings of different ranks ; and to bestow on various fpecies of ...
... reason , in the formation of the univerfe , God was obliged , in order to carry on that juft fubordination fo necessary to the very existence of the whole , to create beings of different ranks ; and to bestow on various fpecies of ...
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... reason to quef- tion his infinite benevolence . All our happiness is owing to his goodnefs ; but that it is no greater , is owing only to ourselves , that is , to our not hav ing any inherent right to any happiness , or even to any ...
... reason to quef- tion his infinite benevolence . All our happiness is owing to his goodnefs ; but that it is no greater , is owing only to ourselves , that is , to our not hav ing any inherent right to any happiness , or even to any ...
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Страница 99 - Is it for thee the lark ascends and sings? Joy tunes his voice, joy elevates his wings. Is it for thee the linnet pours his throat? Loves of his own and raptures swell the note.
Страница 59 - Why, why was I born a man and yet see the sufferings of wretches I cannot relieve! Poor houseless creatures! the world will give you reproaches but will not give you relief.
Страница 296 - If gratitude is due from man to man, how much more from man to his Maker ? The Supreme Being does not only confer upon us those bounties, which proceed more immediately from his hand, but even those benefits which are conveyed to us by others. Every blessing we enjoy, by what means soever it may be derived upon us, is the gift of Him who is the great Author of good, and Father of mercies.
Страница 195 - ... with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes are large...
Страница 93 - Whatever we enjoy is purely a free gift from our Creator ; but that we enjoy no more can never sure be deemed an injury, or a just reason to question his infinite benevolence. All our happiness is owing to his goodness; but that it is no greater is owing only to ourselves, that is, to our not having any inherent right to any happiness, or even to any existence at all.
Страница 196 - He supersedes every little prospect of gain and advantage which offers itself here, if he does not find it consistent with his views of an hereafter. In a word, his hopes are full of immortality, his schemes...
Страница 269 - The seas that roll unnumber'd waves; The wood that spreads its shady leaves ; The field whose ears conceal the grain, The yellow treasure of the plain ; All of these, and all I see...
Страница 194 - Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life : Cunning is a kind of instinct, that only looks out after our immediate interest and welfare.
Страница 36 - Were they to give us in their catalogue of such worthies as are now living, how different would it be from that which any of our own species would draw up ! We are dazzled with the splendour of titles, the ostentation of learning, the noise of victories...
Страница 301 - tis eafy to defcry She wants affiftance more than I ; Yet Teems to feel my pains alone, And is a Stoic in her own. When, among fcholars, can we find So foft and yet fo firm a mind...