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Page 27
... gift by the gods . Let then , judges , this name of poet , which even the very savages respect , be sacred in your eyes , men as you are of the most cultivated mind . Rocks and deserts re - echo to their voice ; even the wildest animals ...
... gift by the gods . Let then , judges , this name of poet , which even the very savages respect , be sacred in your eyes , men as you are of the most cultivated mind . Rocks and deserts re - echo to their voice ; even the wildest animals ...
Page 52
... gift of heaven to man is reason ; and it is as sure , that of all the enemies reason has to engage with , pleasure is the most capital . PLEASURE . Pleasure blinds , so to say , the eyes of the mind , and has no fellowship with virtue ...
... gift of heaven to man is reason ; and it is as sure , that of all the enemies reason has to engage with , pleasure is the most capital . PLEASURE . Pleasure blinds , so to say , the eyes of the mind , and has no fellowship with virtue ...
Page 63
... gift of life conferred on thee by the Supreme Being . So Philippians i . 23 : - " For I am in a strait betwixt two , having a desire to depart , and to be with Christ ; which is far better : nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more ...
... gift of life conferred on thee by the Supreme Being . So Philippians i . 23 : - " For I am in a strait betwixt two , having a desire to depart , and to be with Christ ; which is far better : nevertheless to abide in the flesh is more ...
Page 77
... gifts of mind to be destitute of those of fortune ; which doth not any way deject the spirit of wiser judgments , who thoroughly understand the justice of this pro- ceeding , and being enriched with higher donatives , cast a more ...
... gifts of mind to be destitute of those of fortune ; which doth not any way deject the spirit of wiser judgments , who thoroughly understand the justice of this pro- ceeding , and being enriched with higher donatives , cast a more ...
Page 85
... gifts and to use them well . But because some of you are blind and insensible , there must be some one to fill this station and lead , in behalf of all men , the hymn to God ; for what else can I do , a lame old man , but sing hymns to ...
... gifts and to use them well . But because some of you are blind and insensible , there must be some one to fill this station and lead , in behalf of all men , the hymn to God ; for what else can I do , a lame old man , but sing hymns to ...
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adversity Antiphanes beauty Ben Jonson body born breast Cæsar cause Cicero danger death deeds delight desire Diphilus divine Domitian earth enjoy Ennius envy eternal Euripides everything evil eyes Faerie Queen fame fate favor fear feel fool fortune friendship Gaul genius gift give glory gods gold grief hand happy hate hath heart heaven honor hope human Jupiter kind king labor live look Lord mankind Measure for Measure Menander mighty mind misery misfortunes mortal nature never night noble old age Paradise Lost Paradise Regained passion peace Pindar Plato pleasure poet possess praise prosperity proverb Psalm Publius Syrus punishment regard riches Romans Rome says Shakespeare shalt Simonides of Ceos sleep Sophocles soul speaks spirit thee things thou art thou hast thou wilt thyself to-morrow truth unto virtue wicked wickedness wisdom wise wish words wretched youth