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Pàgina vii
... pleasures , they promote benevolence : by cherishing love of order , they enforce submission to government : and by inspiring delicacy of feeling , they make regular govern- ment a double blessing . THESE Considerations embolden me to ...
... pleasures , they promote benevolence : by cherishing love of order , they enforce submission to government : and by inspiring delicacy of feeling , they make regular govern- ment a double blessing . THESE Considerations embolden me to ...
Pàgina viii
... pleasure , is commonly vented on luxury , and on every sensual gratification : Selfishness rears its head ; becomes fashionable ; and , infecting all ranks , extinguishes the amor patria , and every spark of public spirit . To pre- vent ...
... pleasure , is commonly vented on luxury , and on every sensual gratification : Selfishness rears its head ; becomes fashionable ; and , infecting all ranks , extinguishes the amor patria , and every spark of public spirit . To pre- vent ...
Pàgina ix
... pleasure of human nature , is enjoyed by a virtuous Prince governing a virtuous people ; and that , by perfecting the great system of educa- tion , your Majesty may very long enjoy this pleasure , is the ardent wish of Your Majesty's ...
... pleasure of human nature , is enjoyed by a virtuous Prince governing a virtuous people ; and that , by perfecting the great system of educa- tion , your Majesty may very long enjoy this pleasure , is the ardent wish of Your Majesty's ...
Pàgina xviii
... pleasures of the eye and the ear have other valua- ble properties beside those of dignity and elevation : being sweet and moderately exhilarating , they are in their tone equally distant from the turbulence of passion , and the pleasure ...
... pleasures of the eye and the ear have other valua- ble properties beside those of dignity and elevation : being sweet and moderately exhilarating , they are in their tone equally distant from the turbulence of passion , and the pleasure ...
Pàgina xix
... pleasure , which hath no relish but while we are in vigour , is ill qualified for that office ; but the finer pleasures of sense , which occupy without exhausting the mind , are finely qualified to restore its usual tone after severe ...
... pleasure , which hath no relish but while we are in vigour , is ill qualified for that office ; but the finer pleasures of sense , which occupy without exhausting the mind , are finely qualified to restore its usual tone after severe ...
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Passatges populars
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...