 | 1857 - 584 pàgines
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and, hopes. We see, in needleworks and embroideries, it is more...of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eve. Certainly virtue is like precious odours : most fragrant where they are incensed or crushed ;... | |
 | 1857 - 240 pàgines
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more...upon a lightsome ground. Judge, therefore, of the pleasures of the heart by the pleasures of the eye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 188 pàgines
...:— He that ears my land, spares my team, And gives me leave to inn my crop. Of Adversity : — , It is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad...dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Henry IV. act i. sc. 2 : — Bright metals on a sullen ground Will show more goodly, and attract more... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1857 - 412 pàgines
...Adverfity is not without Comforts and Hopes. We fee in Needleworks and Embroideries, it is more pleafing to have a lively Work upon a Sad and Solemn Ground, than to have a dark and melancholy Work upon a lightfome Ground : Judge, therefore, of the Pleafure of the Heart, by the Pleafure of the Eye. Certainly,... | |
 | Francis Bacon, Richard Whately - 1857 - 578 pàgines
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad2 and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge, therefore,... | |
 | William Henry Smith - 1857 - 190 pàgines
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distates, and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needleworks and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work on a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Judge... | |
 | George Henry Townsend - 1857 - 140 pàgines
...state and society of man. MEASURE FOR MEASURE, Act i. Sc. ii. : Nature never lends 10. ON ADVERSITY : It is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn errand, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome errand. HENRY IV. : Bright metals... | |
 | Francis Bacon - 1858 - 790 pàgines
...Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes ; and Adversity is not without comforts and hopes. We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more...Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed : for Prosperity doth best discover vice, but Adversity doth best... | |
 | Thomas Babington Macaulay Baron Macaulay - 1858 - 780 pàgines
...Prosperity is -not without many fears and distastes ; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. |/ fye. Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed or crushed ; for... | |
 | 1858 - 798 pàgines
...is not without comforts and hopes.' " ' So in our needleworks and embroideries, Thomas, you see 'tis more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and...dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground. Tis the same in tfc heart, love ; the same, gnrely ! tte pleasure of the heart by the pleasure ff.... | |
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We see in needle-works and embroideries, it is more pleasing to have a lively work upon a sad and solemn ground, than to have a dark and melancholy work upon a lightsome ground : judge therefore of the pleasure of the heart by the pleasure of the eye.... 
