Elegant extracts: a copious selection of passages from the most eminent prose writers, Volum 61812 |
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... same . From the Asiatic Researches , 271 Rules of Learning : by the same . Aphorisms on Man ......... .... From the Asiatic Researches . 275 From Lavater . 279 ELEGANT EXTRACTS , FROM THE MOST EMINENT PROSE WRITERS .
... same . From the Asiatic Researches , 271 Rules of Learning : by the same . Aphorisms on Man ......... .... From the Asiatic Researches . 275 From Lavater . 279 ELEGANT EXTRACTS , FROM THE MOST EMINENT PROSE WRITERS .
Pàgina 134
... learning . Nor is it to the common people less a reproach ; for if we be so jealous over them , as that we dare not trust them with an English pamphlet , what do we but censure them for a giddy , vicious , and ungrounded people ; in ...
... learning . Nor is it to the common people less a reproach ; for if we be so jealous over them , as that we dare not trust them with an English pamphlet , what do we but censure them for a giddy , vicious , and ungrounded people ; in ...
Pàgina 159
... learning , he can never be wise but by his own wisdom . He who wants good sense is unhappy in having learning ; for he has thereby more ways of expos- ing himself . It is ungenerous to give a man occasion to blusk at his own ignorance ...
... learning , he can never be wise but by his own wisdom . He who wants good sense is unhappy in having learning ; for he has thereby more ways of expos- ing himself . It is ungenerous to give a man occasion to blusk at his own ignorance ...
Pàgina 160
... learning , as to ears of corn : they shoot up , and raise their heads high , while they are empty ; but when full , and swelled with grain , they begin to flag and droop . He that is truly polite knows how to contradict with respect ...
... learning , as to ears of corn : they shoot up , and raise their heads high , while they are empty ; but when full , and swelled with grain , they begin to flag and droop . He that is truly polite knows how to contradict with respect ...
Pàgina 161
... learning upon his heirs as certainly as he can his lands , a noble descent would then indeed be a valuable privilege . Truth is always consistent with itself , and needs nothing to help it out . It is always near at hand , and sits upon ...
... learning upon his heirs as certainly as he can his lands , a noble descent would then indeed be a valuable privilege . Truth is always consistent with itself , and needs nothing to help it out . It is always near at hand , and sits upon ...
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affections agreeable Arachne beauty better cern cheerfulness common consider conversation Coriolanus Crito danger death debt doth endeavour enemy evil father faults fear folly fool fortune gamester give hand happiness hath hear heart Heaven honest honour human humour keep kind king labour laudanum laws learning less liberty lies long live look looking-glass lords spiritual man's mankind marriage master men's mind ministers of religion mother nature nerally never noble observed pain passions peace perhaps persons pleasing pleasure Poor Richard says praise prosperity racter reason religion revenge rich Rome Scythian seldom sorrow soul speak spirit tell temper tender thee thing thou thought tion true truth vanity Veturia vice virtue virtuous Volsci Volscian Volumnia wife wine wisdom wise woman women word young youth
Passatges populars
Pàgina 144 - Neighbours, the Taxes are indeed very heavy, and if those laid on by the Government were the only Ones we had to pay, we might more easily discharge them; but we have many others, and much more grievous to some of us. We are taxed twice as much by our Idleness, three times as much by our Pride, and four times as much by our Folly, and from these Taxes the Commissioners cannot ease or deliver us by allowing an Abatement. However let us hearken to good Advice, and something may be done for us; God...
Pàgina 134 - ... methinks I see her as an eagle mewing her mighty youth, and kindling her undazzled eyes at the full midday beam; purging and unsealing her long-abused sight at the fountain itself of heavenly radiance ; while the whole noise of timorous and flocking birds, with those also that love the twilight, flutter about, amazed at what she means, and in their envious gabble would prognosticate a year of sects and schisms.
Pàgina 145 - He that riseth late must trot all Day, and shall scarce overtake his Business at Night; while Laziness travels so slowly, that Poverty soon overtakes him...
Pàgina 146 - Today. If you were a Servant would you not be ashamed that a good Master should catch you idle? Are you then your own Master, be ashamed to catch yourself idle, as Poor Dick says.
Pàgina 42 - Beyond all this, we may find another reason why God hath scattered up and down several degrees of pleasure and pain in all the things that environ and affect us, and blended them together in almost all that our thoughts and senses have to do with ; that we, finding imperfection, dissatisfaction, and want of complete happiness in all the enjoyments which the creatures can afford us, might be led to seek it in the enjoyment of Him " with whom there is fulness of joy, and at whose right hand are pleasures...
Pàgina 150 - If you would know the Value of Money, go and try to borrow some...
Pàgina 132 - There it was that I found and visited the famous Galileo, grown old, a prisoner to the Inquisition for thinking in astronomy otherwise than the Franciscan and Dominican licensers thought.
Pàgina 146 - Methinks I hear some of you say, 'Must a man afford himself no leisure?' I will tell thee, my friend, what Poor Richard says, Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure; and since thou art not sure of a minute, throw not away an hour.
Pàgina 147 - And again, Three removes are as bad as a fire; and again, Keep thy shop, and thy shop will keep thee; and again, If you would have your business done, go; if not, send. And again, He that by the plough would thrive, Himself must either hold or drive.
Pàgina 146 - What though you have found no treasure, nor has any rich relation left you a legacy, diligence is the mother of good luck, as Poor Richard says, and God gives all things to industry. Then plough deep, while sluggards sleep, and you shall have corn to sell and to keep, says Poor Dick.