Essays: On the Following Subjects: Celibacy, Wedlock, Seduction, Pride, Duelling, Self-murder, Lying, Detraction, Avarice, Justice, Generosity, Temperance, Excess, DeathSmart and Cowslade, 1806 - 190 էջ |
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... fortune , must work for that subsistence : and although it may be said , that the poor have seldom any provision for accidents , to which they may be particu- larly exposed , it should be mentioned , as an honour to the feelings of this ...
... fortune , must work for that subsistence : and although it may be said , that the poor have seldom any provision for accidents , to which they may be particu- larly exposed , it should be mentioned , as an honour to the feelings of this ...
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... main ones confessedly are , personal beauty , mental acquirements , the distinctions of family , and the independency of fortune ; from these stores , either E either separately or collectively , men and wo- men make 25.
... main ones confessedly are , personal beauty , mental acquirements , the distinctions of family , and the independency of fortune ; from these stores , either E either separately or collectively , men and wo- men make 25.
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... our offspring ! how happy had it been for the heir of many a great estate , had he been born a beggar , rather than to inherit his father's fortunes Vide Dr. Buchan . fortunes at the expense of inheriting his diseases ! " 28.
... our offspring ! how happy had it been for the heir of many a great estate , had he been born a beggar , rather than to inherit his father's fortunes Vide Dr. Buchan . fortunes at the expense of inheriting his diseases ! " 28.
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... fortunes at the expense of inheriting his diseases ! " A person labouring under any incurable malady ought not to marry . He thereby not only shortens his own life , but transmits mi- sery to others : but when both parties are deeply ...
... fortunes at the expense of inheriting his diseases ! " A person labouring under any incurable malady ought not to marry . He thereby not only shortens his own life , but transmits mi- sery to others : but when both parties are deeply ...
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... ample amends , for what , in the first instance , was a deficiency of wealth . In point of fortune , where other recommen- dations are approved , the sincerity of the per- son son might be called in question , who would seriously 36.
... ample amends , for what , in the first instance , was a deficiency of wealth . In point of fortune , where other recommen- dations are approved , the sincerity of the per- son son might be called in question , who would seriously 36.
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Էջ 113 - tis a consummation Devoutly to be wish'd. To die: to sleep; To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub; For in that sleep of death what dreams may come When we have shuffled off this mortal coil Must give us pause: there's the respect That makes calamity of so long life...
Էջ 189 - Hark ! they whisper ; angels say, Sister Spirit, come away. . What is this absorbs me quite ! Steals my senses, shuts my sight, Drowns my spirits, draws my breath ? Tell me, my soul!
Էջ 92 - Wednesday. Doth he feel it ? No. Doth he hear it ? No. Is it insensible then ? Yea, to the dead. But will it not live with the living ? No. Why? Detraction will, not suffer it: — therefore I'll none of it: Honour is a mere scutcheon, and so ends my catechism.
Էջ 190 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death ! where is thy sting ? The Universal Prayer FATHER of all!
Էջ 172 - Look not thou upon the wine when it is red, when it giveth his colour in the cup, when it moveth itself aright. At the last it biteth like a serpent, and stingeth like an adder.
Էջ 132 - tis slander, Whose edge is sharper than the sword ; whose tongue Outvenoms all the worms of Nile ; whose breath Rides on the posting winds, and doth belie All corners of the world : kings, queens, and states, Maids, matrons, nay, the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters.
Էջ 171 - God, that men should put an enemy in their mouths to steal away their brains!
Էջ 92 - tis no matter; Honour pricks me on. Yea, but how if honour prick me off when I come on, how then ? Can honour set to a leg ? No. Or an arm ? No. Or take away the grief of a wound? No. Honour hath no skill in surgery then ? No. What is honour? A word. What is in that word, honour ? What is that honour ? Air. A trim reckoning ! — Who hath it ? He that died o
Էջ 47 - These violent delights have violent ends, And in their triumph die : like fire and powder, Which as they kiss consume.
Էջ 151 - HEAVEN eternal fountain of our feelings! 'tis here I trace thee and this is thy divinity which stirs within me not that, in some sad and sickening moments, my soul shrinks back upon herself, and startles at destruction mere pomp of words!