Prison Books and Their AuthorsW. Tegg, 1861 - 357 pàgines |
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Pàgina 12
... virtues of justice and toleration . Though an Arian himself , he never perfecuted the Catholics , bitter as thefe latter were in their affaults upon the Arians , and unfcrupulous in their charges against the heretics . Theodoric should ...
... virtues of justice and toleration . Though an Arian himself , he never perfecuted the Catholics , bitter as thefe latter were in their affaults upon the Arians , and unfcrupulous in their charges against the heretics . Theodoric should ...
Pàgina 14
... and Free - will , in the Platonic fpirit , and the virtue of that greatest of the Greeks , and not the faith of the Chriftian , is his higheft fource of happiness- nay , is happiness itself . It is the purest. 14 Boëthius .
... and Free - will , in the Platonic fpirit , and the virtue of that greatest of the Greeks , and not the faith of the Chriftian , is his higheft fource of happiness- nay , is happiness itself . It is the purest. 14 Boëthius .
Pàgina 15
... is a noble book . It is worthy of being the clofing work of the claffic mind . In its pages are enshrined the pureft and the nobleft thoughts of old philo- fophy . A finer eulogy of virtue and its benign Boëthius . 15.
... is a noble book . It is worthy of being the clofing work of the claffic mind . In its pages are enshrined the pureft and the nobleft thoughts of old philo- fophy . A finer eulogy of virtue and its benign Boëthius . 15.
Pàgina 16
... virtue , and happiness ; on good and evil , on " fate , free - will , foreknowledge absolute , ” and all the moot questions of philofophy and metaphyfics , in a high and noble tone , which recalls to mind the nobleft of the Platonic ...
... virtue , and happiness ; on good and evil , on " fate , free - will , foreknowledge absolute , ” and all the moot questions of philofophy and metaphyfics , in a high and noble tone , which recalls to mind the nobleft of the Platonic ...
Pàgina 24
... virtue , and virtue was the ftrong and healthy fruit of philofophy . This it is , and its rich ftyle and flowing poefy , that have made his book such a favourite with all great and ftrong minds in the hour of their adversity and ...
... virtue , and virtue was the ftrong and healthy fruit of philofophy . This it is , and its rich ftyle and flowing poefy , that have made his book such a favourite with all great and ftrong minds in the hour of their adversity and ...
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Frases i termes més freqüents
Æneid againſt alfo almoſt alſo anſwer beauty becauſe beſt bleffed Boëthius breaſt Bunyan cauſe Cervantes Chriſtian courſe death defire devil Don Quixote doth Engliſh eyes faid faith fame fatire fays feemed fent fentence feven fhall fing firſt fome fong foon forrow foul ftill fubject fuch fuffering fure genius greateſt hath heart himſelf hiſtory honour houſe itſelf John Bunyan juſtice laft laſt Leigh Hunt liberty live Lord Lovelace maſter mind moſt muſt myſelf never night noble paffage paffed perfecution perfons philofopher pleaſant pleaſure poem poet poetry praiſe preſent priſon publiſhed puniſhment Purgatory of Suicides queſtion raiſe Raleigh reaſon reſpect reſt Richard Lovelace Robert Southwell ſay ſcene ſee ſeems ſerved ſhall ſhe ſhould ſhow ſome Southwell Spain ſpeak ſpirit ſtate ſtill ſtrong ſuch Surrey ſweet thee themſelves theſe things thofe thoſe thou thought thouſand uſed verſe whofe whoſe wife
Passatges populars
Pàgina 332 - ABOU BEN ADHEM (may his tribe increase!) Awoke one night from a deep dream of peace, And saw within the moonlight in his room, Making it rich and like a lily in bloom, An angel writing in a book of gold: Exceeding peace had made Ben Adhem bold, And to the presence in the room he said, "What writest thou?" The vision raised its head, And, with a look made of all sweet accord, Answered, "The names of those who love the Lord.
Pàgina 73 - Under a star-y-pointing pyramid ? Dear son of memory, great heir of fame, What need'st thou such weak witness of thy name ? Thou in our wonder and astonishment Hast built thyself a live-long monument.
Pàgina 204 - TELL me not, sweet, I am unkind, — That from the nunnery Of thy chaste breast and quiet mind To war and arms I fly. True, a new mistress now I chase, The first foe in the field ; And with a stronger faith embrace A sword, a horse, a shield. Yet this inconstancy is such As you, too, shall adore ; I could not love thee, dear, so much. Loved I not honour more.
Pàgina 25 - Where falls not hail, or rain, or any snow. Nor ever wind blows loudly; but it lies Deep-meadowed, happy, fair with orchard lawns And bowery hollows crowned with summer sea, Where I will heal me of my grievous wound.
Pàgina 104 - EVEN such is time, that takes in trust Our youth, our joys, our all we have, And pays us but with earth and dust; Who, in the dark and silent grave, When we have wandered all our ways, Shuts up the story of our days; But from this earth, this grave, this dust, My God shall raise me up, I trust!
Pàgina 178 - I how great she be ? Great, or good, or kind, or fair, I will ne'er the more despair ; If she love me, this believe, I will die ere she shall grieve : If she slight me when I woo, I can scorn and let her go; For if she be not for me, What care I for whom she be...
Pàgina 147 - ... not with rage, While fury's flame doth burn ; It is in vain to stop the stream, Until the tide doth turn. But when the flame is out, And ebbing wrath doth end, I turn a late enraged foe Into a quiet friend.
Pàgina 102 - Then being asked which way he would lay himself on the block, he answered, " So the heart be right, it is no matter which way the head lies.
Pàgina 331 - The Count my lover is brave as brave can be; He surely would do wondrous things to show his love of me; King, ladies, lovers, all look on; the occasion is divine; I'll drop my glove, to prove his love; great glory will be mine.
Pàgina 220 - As many as are of the works of the Law, are under the curfe ; for it is written, Curfed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the Book of the Law to do them.