Spare Hours, by John BrownHoughton, Mifflin, 1882 - 458 pàgines |
Des de l'interior del llibre
Resultats 1 - 5 de 66.
Pàgina 9
... truth in both ways of wearing the halter . For though it be neither manly nor hon- est to affect a voluntary humility ( which is after all , a sneaking vanity , and would soon show itself if taken at its word ) , any more than it is well.
... truth in both ways of wearing the halter . For though it be neither manly nor hon- est to affect a voluntary humility ( which is after all , a sneaking vanity , and would soon show itself if taken at its word ) , any more than it is well.
Pàgina 10
... truth in Mr. Blount's flippancies . Every man should know and lament ( to himself ) his own shortcomings - should mourn over and mend , as he best can , the " confusions of his wasted youth ; " he should feel how ill he has put out to ...
... truth in Mr. Blount's flippancies . Every man should know and lament ( to himself ) his own shortcomings - should mourn over and mend , as he best can , the " confusions of his wasted youth ; " he should feel how ill he has put out to ...
Pàgina 11
... truth more than to have truth on their side : and whose personal and private worth are always bet ter understood than expressed . It has been happily said of him , that he never wastes a word , or a drop of ink , or a drop of blood ...
... truth more than to have truth on their side : and whose personal and private worth are always bet ter understood than expressed . It has been happily said of him , that he never wastes a word , or a drop of ink , or a drop of blood ...
Pàgina 12
... truth in theory and in practice established , and of error in the same exposed and ended , such as no one since John Hunter has been gifted to bequeath to his fellow - men . As an instrument for discovering truth , I have never seen his ...
... truth in theory and in practice established , and of error in the same exposed and ended , such as no one since John Hunter has been gifted to bequeath to his fellow - men . As an instrument for discovering truth , I have never seen his ...
Pàgina 41
... truth on our side , and another thing to wish to be on the side of truth . " . WHATELY . - “ Αταλαίπωρος τοῖς πολλοῖς ἡ ζητησις τῆς ἀληφείας , καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔτοιμα μᾶλλον τρέπονται . ” — THUCYDIDES . - " The most perfect philosophy of the ...
... truth on our side , and another thing to wish to be on the side of truth . " . WHATELY . - “ Αταλαίπωρος τοῖς πολλοῖς ἡ ζητησις τῆς ἀληφείας , καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ ἔτοιμα μᾶλλον τρέπονται . ” — THUCYDIDES . - " The most perfect philosophy of the ...
Altres edicions - Mostra-ho tot
Frases i termes més freqüents
affection Aiken-drum Ailie apostle Aristotle Arthur Henry Hallam asked beauty better Biggar body bright called Calotypes Chalmers Charles Lamb Crieff dark dead death deep delight divine door Edinburgh Edward Forbes Elealeh everything expression eyes father fear feel fulness Galatians genius give Glen Ogle glory hand happy head heart heaven Henry Vaughan human James James Nasmyth John John Pym keen knew knowledge lady light living look Lord master meaning mind mother nature ness never night once pain passage passion perfect philosophy poem poet poetry Port-Royal Logic preached Pwcca Rachan Mill remember rest Scethrog sense shadow sort soul speak spirit strong sweet thee things Thornliebank thou thought tion Toby took true truth turn verse voice walk whole wild wonderful words young
Passatges populars
Pàgina 210 - God hath tempered the body together, having given more abundant honour to that part which lacked: that there should be no schism in the body, but that the members should have the same care one for another. And whether one member suffer, all the members suffer with it; or one member be honoured, all the members rejoice with it.
Pàgina 170 - God gives us love. Something to love He lends us ; but, when love is grown To ripeness, that on which it throve Falls off, and love is left alone.
Pàgina 184 - But when they knew that he was a Jew, all with one voice about the space of two hours cried out, Great is Diana of the Ephesians.
Pàgina 244 - Break, break, break, On thy cold gray stones, O Sea! And I would that my tongue could utter The thoughts that arise in me. O well for the fisherman's boy, That he shouts with his sister at play!
Pàgina 283 - Behold, I stand at the door, and knock : if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with me.
Pàgina 246 - One God, one law, one element, And one far-off divine event, To which the whole creation moves.
Pàgina 210 - And the eye cannot say unto the hand, "I have no need of thee:" nor again the head to the feet, "I have no need of you.
Pàgina 364 - Action is transitory — a step, a blow. The motion of a muscle — this way or that — 'Tis done, and in the after-vacancy We wonder at ourselves like men betrayed : Suffering is permanent, obscure and dark, And shares the nature of infinity.
Pàgina 349 - Had in her sober livery all things clad ; Silence accompanied ; for beast and bird, They to their grassy couch, these to their nests, Were slunk, all but the wakeful nightingale, She all night long her amorous descant sung...
Pàgina 203 - And he wrote in the letter, saying, "Set ye Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire ye from him, that he may be smitten, and die.