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Pàgina viii
... importance than is generally imagined . A flourishing commerce begets opulence ; and opulence , inflaming our appetite for pleasure , is commonly vented on luxury , and on every sensual gratification : Selfishness rears its head ...
... importance than is generally imagined . A flourishing commerce begets opulence ; and opulence , inflaming our appetite for pleasure , is commonly vented on luxury , and on every sensual gratification : Selfishness rears its head ...
Pàgina 29
... importance in the sci- ence of human nature ; and I promise beforehand , that it will be found of great importance in the fine arts . * For how should this be done ? what idea is it that we are to add ? If we can specify the idea , that ...
... importance in the sci- ence of human nature ; and I promise beforehand , that it will be found of great importance in the fine arts . * For how should this be done ? what idea is it that we are to add ? If we can specify the idea , that ...
Pàgina 42
... importance . Upon a subject so comprehensive , all that can be ex- pected in this chapter , is a general or slight survey : and to shorten that survey , I propose to handle separately some emotions more peculiarly connected with the ...
... importance . Upon a subject so comprehensive , all that can be ex- pected in this chapter , is a general or slight survey : and to shorten that survey , I propose to handle separately some emotions more peculiarly connected with the ...
Pàgina 46
... importance in the sci- ence of human nature , which is , That desire follows some emotions , and not others . The emotions raised by a beau- tiful garden , a magnificent building , or a number of fine faces in a crowded assembly , is ...
... importance in the sci- ence of human nature , which is , That desire follows some emotions , and not others . The emotions raised by a beau- tiful garden , a magnificent building , or a number of fine faces in a crowded assembly , is ...
Pàgina 50
... importance of the object , in that case desire of doing our duty becomes a warm passion . The actions of brute creatures are generally directed by instinct , meaning blind impulse or desire , without any view to consequences . Man is ...
... importance of the object , in that case desire of doing our duty becomes a warm passion . The actions of brute creatures are generally directed by instinct , meaning blind impulse or desire , without any view to consequences . Man is ...
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Pàgina 133 - I cannot tell what you and other men Think of this life ; but, for my single self, I had as lief not be as live to be In awe of such a thing as I myself.
Pàgina 134 - If Caesar carelessly but nod on him. He had a fever when he was in Spain ; And, when the fit was on him, I did mark How he did shake : 'tis true, this god did shake...
Pàgina 178 - Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow world, Like a Colossus ; and we petty men Walk under his huge legs, and peep about To find ourselves dishonourable graves.
Pàgina 75 - I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her.
Pàgina 188 - To beg the voice and utterance of my tongue, A curse shall light upon the limbs of men ; Domestic fury and fierce civil strife Shall cumber all the parts of Italy...
Pàgina 181 - Half way down Hangs one that gathers samphire; dreadful trade! Methinks, he seems no bigger than his head: The fishermen, that walk upon the beach, Appear like mice; and yon...
Pàgina 229 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast? Or wallow naked in December snow By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? O no, the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse : Fell sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more Than when it bites, but lanceth not the sore.
Pàgina 379 - Me miserable ! which way shall I fly Infinite wrath, and infinite despair? Which way I fly is Hell; myself am Hell; And, in the lowest deep, a lower deep Still threatening to devour me opens wide, To which the Hell I suffer seems a Heaven.
Pàgina 138 - Like Niobe, all tears, why she, even she — O God ! a beast that wants discourse of reason, Would have mourn'd longer — married with mine uncle, My father's brother, but no more like my father Than I to Hercules...
Pàgina 75 - Took once a pliant hour, and found good means To draw from her a prayer of earnest heart, That I would all my pilgrimage dilate, Whereof by parcels...