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... pleasure derived to ourselves and others , from a clear communication of ideas and feelings ; and the strong and durable impressions made thereby on the minds of the reader and the audience , are considerations which give addi- tional ...
... pleasure derived to ourselves and others , from a clear communication of ideas and feelings ; and the strong and durable impressions made thereby on the minds of the reader and the audience , are considerations which give addi- tional ...
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... pleasure . A temperate spirit , and moderate expectation , are excellent safe- guards of the mind , in this uncer- tain and changing state . There is nothing except simplici- ty7 of intention , and purity of prin- ciple , that can stand ...
... pleasure . A temperate spirit , and moderate expectation , are excellent safe- guards of the mind , in this uncer- tain and changing state . There is nothing except simplici- ty7 of intention , and purity of prin- ciple , that can stand ...
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... pleasure derived to ourselves and others , from a clear communication of ideas and feelings ; and the strong and durable impressions made thereby on the minds of the reader and the audience , are considerations which give addi- tional ...
... pleasure derived to ourselves and others , from a clear communication of ideas and feelings ; and the strong and durable impressions made thereby on the minds of the reader and the audience , are considerations which give addi- tional ...
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... pleasure than pain , in the con- dition of man . Society , when formed , requires distinctions5 of property ... pleasures relish high with the temperate ; in the midst of his studied refine- ments , the voluptuary8 languish- Cs . The ...
... pleasure than pain , in the con- dition of man . Society , when formed , requires distinctions5 of property ... pleasures relish high with the temperate ; in the midst of his studied refine- ments , the voluptuary8 languish- Cs . The ...
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... pleasures are the chief temptations2 to criminal deeds . Yet those riches when ob- tained , may very possibly over- whelm3 us with unforeseen mise- ries . Those pleasures may cut short our health and life . Patience , by preserving ...
... pleasures are the chief temptations2 to criminal deeds . Yet those riches when ob- tained , may very possibly over- whelm3 us with unforeseen mise- ries . Those pleasures may cut short our health and life . Patience , by preserving ...
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Page 235 - If I am right, thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay ; If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way.
Page 235 - Teach me to feel another's woe, To hide the fault I see ; That mercy I to others show, That mercy show to me.
Page 225 - What, and how true thou art ; he will advance thee ; Some little memory of me will stir him (I know his noble nature) not to let Thy hopeful service perish too. Good Cromwell, Neglect him not ; make use now and provide For thine own future safety. Crom — O my Lord ! Must I then leave you ? Must I needs forego So good, so noble, and so true a master ? Bear witness all that have not hearts of iron, With what a sorrow Cromwell leaves his lord.
Page 188 - Tis night, and the landscape is lovely no more ; I mourn, but, ye woodlands, I mourn not for you ; For morn is approaching, your charms to restore...
Page 225 - Cromwell, I did not think to shed a tear In all my miseries ; but thou hast forced me, Out of thy honest truth, to play the woman. Let's dry our eyes: and thus far hear me, Cromwell; And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull, cold marble, where no...
Page 133 - The space they possess is so exceedingly little in comparison of the whole, that it would scarce make a blank in the creation. The chasm would be imperceptible to an eye that could take in the whole compass of nature, and pass from one end of the creation to the other; as it is possible there may be such a sense in ourselves hereafter, or in creatures which are at present more exalted than ourselves. We see many stars by the help of glasses, which we do not discover with our naked eyes; and the finer...
Page 226 - Love thyself last: cherish those hearts that hate thee; Corruption wins not more than honesty. Still in thy right hand carry gentle peace, To silence envious tongues. Be just, and fear not: Let all the ends thou aim'st at be thy country's, Thy God's...
Page 118 - ... his afflictions as he ought to do will naturally end in the removal of them: it makes him easy here, because it can make him happy hereafter.
Page 147 - But can we believe a thinking being, that is in a perpetual progress of improvements, and travelling on from perfection to perfection, after having just looked abroad into the works of its Creator, and made a few discoveries of his infinite goodness, wisdom, and power, must perish at her first setting out, and in the very beginning of her inquiries ? A man, considered in his present state, seems only sent into the world to propagate his kind.
Page 223 - Farewell, a long farewell, to all my greatness ! This is the state of man ; to-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him : The third day comes a frost, a killing frost ; And,— when he thinks, good easy man, full surely His greatness is a ripening, — nips his root, And then he falls, as I do.